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