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