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