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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.
- Develop and test theories concerning the origin and development of past cultures.
- Consult site reports, existing artifacts, and topographic maps to identify archeological sites.
- 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.
- Research, survey, or assess sites of past societies and cultures in search of answers to specific research questions.
- Teach archeology at colleges and universities.
- 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.
- Describe artifacts' physical properties or attributes, such as the materials from which artifacts are made and their size, shape, function, and decoration.
- Write, present, and publish reports that record site history, methodology, and artifact analysis results, along with recommendations for conserving and interpreting findings.
- 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.
- 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.
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- Theodolites
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- Digital levels
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- Pocket loupes
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- 35 millimeter cameras
- Metal detectors
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- Rock picks
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- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Soil probes
- Side scan sonars
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- Precision rulers
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Underwater still cameras
- Flat-ended shovels
- Total stations
- X ray diffractometers
- Hydraulic drilling rigs
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- Desktop computers
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- Laptop computers
- Stereo zoom microscopes
- Shaker screens
- Electron microprobes
- Dental picks
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- Alidades
- Slide scanners
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopes ICP-MS
- Inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopes ICP-ES
- Glass beakers
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- Personal computers
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- Golden Software Surfer
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Microsoft Outlook
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Excel
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Graphics software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Web browser software
- ESRI ArcView
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Archeological Sites Management Information System ASMIS
- Trimble Pathfinder Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- SPSS
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Access
- Automated National Catalog System ANCS