Occupation information for Anthropologists and Archeologists District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: Master's degree

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: No on-the-job training

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• Collect information and make judgments through observation, interviews, and review of documents.
• Research, survey, or assess sites of past societies and cultures in search of answers to specific research questions.
• Write about and present research findings for a variety of specialized and general audiences.
• Assess archeological sites for resource management, development, or conservation purposes and recommend methods for site protection.
• Collect artifacts made of stone, bone, metal, and other materials, placing them in bags and marking them to show where they were found.
• 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.
• Plan and direct research to characterize and compare the economic, demographic, health care, social, political, linguistic, and religious institutions of distinct cultural groups, communities, and organizations.
• Gather and analyze artifacts and skeletal remains to increase knowledge of ancient cultures.
• Consult site reports, existing artifacts, and topographic maps to identify archeological sites.

Tools:

• Calipers
• Laboratory sifting equipment
• Scanners
• Shovels
• X ray radiography examination equipment

Technology:

• Analytical or scientific software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Geographic information system
• Graphics or photo imaging software
• Map creation software

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