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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
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Archeologists”.
Also Known As…
- Archeologists
- Research Archaeologist
- Project Director
- Principal Archaeologist
- Director of Research Center
- Curator
- Associate Director
- Archaeologist
- Research Professor
- Egyptologist
- Director and Professor
- Director
Tasks for “Archaeologist”
- Record the exact locations and conditions of artifacts uncovered in diggings or surveys, using drawings and photographs as necessary.
- Clean, restore, and preserve artifacts.
- Present findings from archeological research to peers and the general public.
- Develop and test theories concerning the origin and development of past cultures.
- Write, present, and publish reports that record site history, methodology, and artifact analysis results, along with recommendations for conserving and interpreting findings.
- Study objects and structures recovered by excavation to identify, date, and authenticate them and to interpret their significance.
- Describe artifacts' physical properties or attributes, such as the materials from which artifacts are made and their size, shape, function, and decoration.
- Assess archeological sites for resource management, development, or conservation purposes and recommend methods for site protection.
- Create a grid of each site and draw and update maps of unit profiles, stratum surfaces, features, and findings.
- Collect artifacts made of stone, bone, metal, and other materials, placing them in bags and marking them to show where they were found.
- Lead field training sites and train field staff, students, and volunteers in excavation methods.
- Compare findings from one site with archeological data from other sites to find similarities or differences.
- Teach archeology at colleges and universities.
- Research, survey, or assess sites of past societies and cultures in search of answers to specific research questions.
- Consult site reports, existing artifacts, and topographic maps to identify archeological sites.
- Create artifact typologies to organize and make sense of past material cultures.
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- Plumb bobs
- Fume hoods
- Directional compasses
- Dental picks
- Digital video cameras
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- Laptop computers
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- Ground penetrating radar GPR
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- Dental burs
- Dial calipers
- Rock picks
- Marshalltown trowels
- Laboratory scalpels
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- Electrical resistivity instruments
- Binoculars
- Tree ring sampling kits
- Bench scales
- Metal detectors
- Metallurgical microscopes
- Total stations
- Personal computers
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopes ICP-MS
- Petrographic microscopes
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- 35 millimeter cameras
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- Desktop computers
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- Flat-ended shovels
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- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
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- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Soil samplers
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- Digital calipers
- Polarizing microscopes
- Inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopes ICP-ES
- Pocket loupes
- SPSS
- Microsoft Access
- ESRI ArcView
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Trimble Pathfinder Office
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Archeological Sites Management Information System ASMIS
- Graphics software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Automated National Catalog System ANCS
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Golden Software Surfer
- Web browser software
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- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Office