Associate Archaeologist | Field Director | Arizona

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Chronicle Heritage is a solution-driven heritage consulting firm that prides itself on employing the best cultural resource management professionals in the industry.

We place an emphasis on supporting our clients’ needs, fostering new technologies that advance our industry, and leveraging those advancements toward the management of non-renewable cultural resources.

Chronicle Heritage prioritizes professional development within the framework of innovation and forward-thinking to encourage career advancement and research development.

Job Description

Chronicle Heritage is hiring an Associate Archaeologist to serve as a Field Director to support our Arizona projects. Under the supervision of a Project Manager, the Field Director will oversee archaeological crews on pedestrian transect surveys and testing / data recovery projects.

Field Directors must be able to walk several miles daily, over all types of terrain, and be able to excavate in a variety of conditions.

Hire Type : Full-time, hourly

Schedule : Project dependent; periodic weekend work expected

Location : Field-based, Phoenix, Arizona and surrounding areas

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in archaeology, anthropology, or a closely related field
• Permittable as a Project Director by the Arizona State Museum and Bureau of Land Management
• 5+ years of professional archaeological experience in the American Southwest
• Familiarity with artifacts and features common to the American Southwest
• 2+ years of proven experience directing archaeological crews
• Ability to complete physically demanding tasks in remote areas and / or austere environments, including walking / hiking up to 10-miles per day, carrying loads up to 30 pounds, digging, and standing for long hours
• Willingness to travel for project, including overnight stays
• Valid driver’s license

Preferred Skills

• Graduate degree in archaeology, anthropology, or a closely related field
• Strong organizational skills with task and time management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment

Physical And Mental Requirements And Work Environment

• Regular fieldwork or on-site inspections are required, which necessitates ability to frequently travel / drive a vehicle (sight, hearing, and manual manipulation of driving mechanisms), cognitive ability to plan travel, use maps or GPS navigation systems.
• May require ambulation and movement to enable walking or hiking 10+ miles per day on rough and / or hazardous terrain and occasional climbing, crouching, kneeling, balancing on rough terrain.

Fieldwork may involve exposure to conditions of rain, sun, heat, wind, dust, etc., with exposure to animals, plants, wet conditions, biting insects, poison oak, etc.

May require use of respiratory equipment.

• Some fieldwork may require carrying loads up to 25 pounds or work around heavy construction equipment.
• Vision is required to observe environmental phenomena and record and translate observations into text (either keyboard entry on a computer or dictation and audio translation of recording to Standard English scientific text).
• Mental requirements include ability to organize one’s own work or that of crew members; ability to recognize and observe scientific data and analyze data as well as ability to perform calculations.

Must also be able to observe social and professional interactions and respond appropriately.

Some work is performed primarily in an indoor environment and requires sustained sitting and use of fingers, hands, and arms to operate a computer and perform keyboard entry of data or document preparation (or equivalent with accommodation).

Must also be able to operate standard office equipment (phone, copy machine, FAX machine, etc.).

Additional Information

Chronicle Heritage participates in E-Verify to ensure all staff are authorized to work in the United States. Chronicle Heritage is also an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

We encourage underrepresented groups, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to apply.

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