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