How do they match: Anthropologists and Archeologists

  • Historical Archaeologist

  • Study the origin, development, and behavior of human beings. May study the way of life, language, or physical characteristics of people in various parts of the world. May engage in systematic recovery and examination of material evidence, such as tools or pottery remaining from past human cultures, in order to determine the history, customs, and living habits of earlier civilizations.

  • Study archival collections of primary historical sources to help explain the origins and development of cultural patterns.
  • Study objects and structures recovered by excavation to identify, date, and authenticate them and to interpret their significance.
  • Create data records for use in describing and analyzing social patterns and processes, using photography, videography, and audio recordings.
  • Develop intervention procedures, using techniques such as individual and focus group interviews, consultations, and participant observation of social interaction.
  • Enhance the cultural sensitivity of elementary and secondary curricula and classroom interactions in collaboration with educators and teachers.
  • Formulate general rules that describe and predict the development and behavior of cultures and social institutions.
  • 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.

  • Advise others on educational matters.
  • Conduct historical research.
  • Conduct research on social issues.
  • Design psychological or educational treatment procedures or programs.
  • Develop theories or models of social phenomena.
  • Evaluate characteristics of archival or historical objects.
  • Instruct college students in social sciences or humanities disciplines.
  • Plan social sciences research.