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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
Tasks for “Director and Professor”
- Collect artifacts made of stone, bone, metal, and other materials, placing them in bags and marking them to show where they were found.
- Teach archeology at colleges and universities.
- 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.
- Research, survey, or assess sites of past societies and cultures in search of answers to specific research questions.
- Record the exact locations and conditions of artifacts uncovered in diggings or surveys, using drawings and photographs as necessary.
- Create artifact typologies to organize and make sense of past material cultures.
- Compare findings from one site with archeological data from other sites to find similarities or differences.
- Write, present, and publish reports that record site history, methodology, and artifact analysis results, along with recommendations for conserving and interpreting findings.
- Create a grid of each site and draw and update maps of unit profiles, stratum surfaces, features, and findings.
- Assess archeological sites for resource management, development, or conservation purposes and recommend methods for site protection.
- Clean, restore, and preserve artifacts.
- Describe artifacts' physical properties or attributes, such as the materials from which artifacts are made and their size, shape, function, and decoration.
- Lead field training sites and train field staff, students, and volunteers in excavation methods.
- Present findings from archeological research to peers and the general public.
- Develop and test theories concerning the origin and development of past cultures.
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- Conductivity probes
- Side scan sonars
- Underwater still cameras
- Precision rulers
- Laser line levels
- Glass beakers
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- Slide scanners
- Theodolites
- Tree ring sampling kits
- Cold chisels
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- Plotters
- Digital calipers
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- Triple beam balances
- Marshalltown trowels
- Soil probes
- Desktop computers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Conductance meters
- Metal detectors
- Personal computers
- Scuba diving equipment
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopes ICP-MS
- Inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopes ICP-ES
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- Round point shovels
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- Alidades
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- Underwater digital cameras
- Digital levels
- Archeological Sites Management Information System ASMIS
- Microsoft Office
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- Microsoft Word
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