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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”
- Compare findings from one site with archeological data from other sites to find similarities or differences.
- Create artifact typologies to organize and make sense of past material cultures.
- 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.
- Teach archeology at colleges and universities.
- 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.
- Record the exact locations and conditions of artifacts uncovered in diggings or surveys, using drawings and photographs as necessary.
- Lead field training sites and train field staff, students, and volunteers in excavation methods.
- Assess archeological sites for resource management, development, or conservation purposes and recommend methods for site protection.
- Study objects and structures recovered by excavation to identify, date, and authenticate them and to interpret their significance.
- 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.
- 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.
- Develop and test theories concerning the origin and development of past cultures.
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- Fume hoods
- Platform scales
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- Safety goggles
- Bench scales
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Vernier calipers
- Tablet computers
- Round point shovels
- Pneumatic chisels
- Plotters
- Petrographic microscopes
- Electron microprobes
- Metallurgical microscopes
- Magnetic stirring bars
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- 35 millimeter cameras
- Bucket augers
- Ground penetrating radar GPR
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- Cold chisels
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- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopes ICP-MS
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- Stereo zoom microscopes
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- Inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopes ICP-ES
- Polarizing microscopes
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Laptop computers
- Triple beam balances
- Desktop computers
- Vacuum freeze-drying chambers
- Metal detectors
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- Ultrasonic cleaning machines
- Personal computers
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Golden Software Surfer
- Microsoft Word
- Automated National Catalog System ANCS
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Archeological Sites Management Information System ASMIS
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
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