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Job Description
Conduct research to reconstruct record of past human life and culture from human remains, artifacts, architectural features, and structures recovered through excavation, underwater recovery, or other means of discovery.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-3091.02
Also Known As…
- Research Archaeologist
- Project Director
- Principal Archaeologist
- Director of Research Center
- Curator
- Associate Director
- Archaeologist
- Research Professor
- Egyptologist
- Director and Professor
- Director
Tasks for “Archeologists”
- Research, survey, or assess sites of past societies and cultures in search of answers to specific research questions.
- Study objects and structures recovered by excavation to identify, date, and authenticate them and to interpret their significance.
- Lead field training sites and train field staff, students, and volunteers in excavation methods.
- Present findings from archeological research to peers and the general public.
- Compare findings from one site with archeological data from other sites to find similarities or differences.
- Collect artifacts made of stone, bone, metal, and other materials, placing them in bags and marking them to show where they were found.
- Create artifact typologies to organize and make sense of past material cultures.
- Describe artifacts' physical properties or attributes, such as the materials from which artifacts are made and their size, shape, function, and decoration.
- Record the exact locations and conditions of artifacts uncovered in diggings or surveys, using drawings and photographs as necessary.
- Develop and test theories concerning the origin and development of past cultures.
- Create a grid of each site and draw and update maps of unit profiles, stratum surfaces, features, and findings.
- Consult site reports, existing artifacts, and topographic maps to identify archeological sites.
- Write, present, and publish reports that record site history, methodology, and artifact analysis results, along with recommendations for conserving and interpreting findings.
- Clean, restore, and preserve artifacts.
- Assess archeological sites for resource management, development, or conservation purposes and recommend methods for site protection.
- Teach archeology at colleges and universities.
Related Technology & Tools
- Marshalltown trowels
- Metallurgical microscopes
- Precision rulers
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Sandblasters
- Tablet computers
- Dial calipers
- Soil samplers
- Laptop computers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Ultrasonic cleaning machines
- Dental picks
- Side scan sonars
- Conductivity probes
- Vernier calipers
- Stereo zoom microscopes
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopes ICP-MS
- Dental burs
- Ground penetrating radar GPR
- Polarizing microscopes
- Shaker screens
- Digital levels
- Glass burets
- Cold chisels
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopes ICP-ES
- Rock picks
- Slide hammers
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- Mesh sifting screens
- Laboratory precision balances
- Electron microprobes
- Petrographic microscopes
- Plains trowels
- Pneumatic chisels
- Geophysical magnetometers
- Alidades
- Total stations
- Plumb bobs
- Theodolites
- Drying racks
- Conductance meters
- Vacuum freeze-drying chambers
- Underwater still cameras
- Platform scales
- Tree ring sampling kits
- Lufkin tape measures
- Magnetic stirring bars
- X ray diffractometers
- Slide scanners
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Metal detectors
- Bucket augers
- Digital video cameras
- Personal computers
- Plotters
- Safety goggles
- Scuba diving equipment
- Bench scales
- Water screening devices
- Desktop computers
- Laboratory scalpels
- Flat-ended shovels
- Underwater digital cameras
- Drying ovens
- Laser line levels
- Digital calipers
- Directional compasses
- Glass beakers
- Hydraulic drilling rigs
- Digital cameras
- Pocket loupes
- Electrical resistivity instruments
- Triple beam balances
- Soil probes
- Crack hammers
- Binoculars
- Pneumatic airscribes
- Fume hoods
- Round point shovels
- Flatbed scanners
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- ESRI ArcView
- Trimble Pathfinder Office
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Office
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Golden Software Surfer
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Access
- SPSS
- Archeological Sites Management Information System ASMIS
- Web browser software
- Automated National Catalog System ANCS
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Graphics software