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Project Archaeologist

TerraconLenexa🇺🇸United States

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeOn Site
LocationLenexa, United States

Job description


Provide archaeological services for a broad array of projects and clients. This may include conducting field work, identifying artifacts, laboratory analysis, writing reports, preparing proposals, and consulting with clients and stakeholders.

  • Follow safety rules, guidelines and standards for all projects. Participate in pre-task planning. Report any safety issues or concerns to management.
  • Be responsible for maintaining quality standards on all projects.
  • Responsible for conducting fieldwork and writing more complicated reports for testing and data recovery projects.
  • Manages a field crew and ensures that Field Technicians and Crew Chiefs are performing fieldwork to the highest standards.
  • May serve as Principal Investigator (PI) on survey, testing, and small data recovery projects.
  • Conducts archival research or field documentation and ensures the team is recording appropriate information or conducting appropriate analyses.
  • Confidently identifies artifacts and recognizes natural and cultural features/stratigraphy.
  • Responsible for ensuring field forms, data collection, and sample collection are consistent, complete, accurate and follows project-specific requirements.
  • Prepares more complicated proposals and simple Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) documents.
  • Presents papers at professional conferences.
  • Promote pre-task planning for all projects.
  • Serves as a Subject Matter Expert on projects in preparation of becoming an Authorized Project Reviewer.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
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  • Graduate degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, or closely related field (MA, MS, PhD) and a minimum of 5 years’ related experience.
  • Intimately familiar with the cultural history of the region and surrounding areas.
  • Secretary of Interior (SOI) qualified.
  • A valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history may be required.

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