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Career Details :: Archeologists
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.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Studies artifacts, architectural features, and types of structures recovered by excavation in order to determine age and cultural identity.
- Classifies and interprets artifacts, architectural features, and types of structures recovered by excavation to determine age and cultural identity.
- Establishes chronological sequence of development of each culture from simpler to more advanced levels.
Related Careers
- Anthropologists
- Archivists
- Curators
- Historians
- Museum Technicians and Conservators
- Park Naturalists
- Sociologists
Important Abilities
- Inductive Reasoning
- Written Comprehension
- Deductive Reasoning
- Oral Comprehension
- Category Flexibility
General Work Activities
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
- Processing Information
- Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
- Analyzing Data or Information
Important Skills
- Information Organization
- Synthesis/Reorganization
- Information Gathering
- Active Learning
- Reading Comprehension
Frequent Work Context
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Consequence of Error
- Outdoors
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Anthropology |  [ add ] |
| Anthropology/Archaeology | [ add ] |
| Anthropology/Human Biology | [ add ] |
| Anthropology/Human Relations | [ add ] |
| Anthropology/Linguistics | [ add ] |
| Anthropology/Religion | [ add ] |
| Anthropology/Sociology | [ add ] |
| Archaeological Materials | [ add ] |
| Archaeological Studies | [ add ] |
| Archaeology | [ add ] |
| Archaeology/Anthropology | [ add ] |
| Archeological Studies | [ add ] |
| Biblical Archaeology | [ add ] |
| Classical Archaeology | [ add ] |
| Classical/Near Eastern Archaeology | [ add ] |
| Classics/Anthropology | [ add ] |
| Cultural Resources Management | [ add ] |
| Geoarchaeology | [ add ] |
| Geography/Anthropology | [ add ] |
| History of Art/Archaeology | [ add ] |
| Near East Culture/Archaeology | [ add ] |
| Physical Anthropology/Biology | [ add ] |
| Social Anthropology | [ add ] |
| Sociology/Anthropology | [ add ] |
| Urban Applied Anthropology | [ add ] |
| Visual Anthropology | [ add ] |
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