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