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