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