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