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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
- Director and Professor
- Director
Tasks for “Egyptologist”
- Record the exact locations and conditions of artifacts uncovered in diggings or surveys, using drawings and photographs as necessary.
- Present findings from archeological research to peers and the general public.
- Research, survey, or assess sites of past societies and cultures in search of answers to specific research questions.
- Create a grid of each site and draw and update maps of unit profiles, stratum surfaces, features, and findings.
- Compare findings from one site with archeological data from other sites to find similarities or differences.
- Clean, restore, and preserve artifacts.
- Develop and test theories concerning the origin and development of past cultures.
- Collect artifacts made of stone, bone, metal, and other materials, placing them in bags and marking them to show where they were found.
- Describe artifacts' physical properties or attributes, such as the materials from which artifacts are made and their size, shape, function, and decoration.
- Study objects and structures recovered by excavation to identify, date, and authenticate them and to interpret their significance.
- 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.
- Assess archeological sites for resource management, development, or conservation purposes and recommend methods for site protection.
- Write, present, and publish reports that record site history, methodology, and artifact analysis results, along with recommendations for conserving and interpreting findings.
- Consult site reports, existing artifacts, and topographic maps to identify archeological sites.
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- Dental picks
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- Magnetic stirring bars
- Scuba diving equipment
- Ground penetrating radar GPR
- Conductivity probes
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Soil samplers
- Tree ring sampling kits
- Laboratory precision balances
- Pneumatic chisels
- Conductance meters
- Electron microprobes
- Tablet computers
- Underwater digital cameras
- Hydraulic drilling rigs
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopes ICP-MS
- Glass burets
- Laser line levels
- Digital video cameras
- Plumb bobs
- Metal detectors
- Directional compasses
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- Desktop computers
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- Drying ovens
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- Metallurgical microscopes
- Precision rulers
- Personal digital assistants PDA
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- Fume hoods
- Marshalltown trowels
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- Binoculars
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- Bench scales
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- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Laboratory scalpels
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- Underwater still cameras
- Inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopes ICP-ES
- Personal computers
- Soil probes
- Vernier calipers
- Flat-ended shovels
- Flatbed scanners
- Glass beakers
- Laptop computers
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- Web browser software
- ESRI ArcInfo
- ESRI ArcView
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Excel
- Archeological Sites Management Information System ASMIS
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Graphics software
- Automated National Catalog System ANCS
- Microsoft Office
- SPSS
- Trimble Pathfinder Office
- Microsoft Word
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