Associate Archaeologist | Nevada
Associate Archaeologist | Nevada
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19-05-2025
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Company Profile
Chronicle Heritage is a solutiondriven 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 nonrenewable 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 seeking OnCall Associate Archaeologists to serve as Field Directors on projects for our upcoming field season in Nevada. Under the supervision of a Team Lead Principal Investigator and Project Managers the Field Director will be responsible for the following duties:
- Oversee and lead archaeological crews in all manner of fieldwork including pedestrian surveys testing/data recovery projects and construction monitoring
- Provide training to new staff including field and laboratory staff
- Complete office work including technical writing related to pre and postfield activities
- Direct collection analysis and interpretation of data; formulate recommendations and solutions to highly complex problems or those involving risk
- Work with Chronicle Heritage Team Leads Principal Investigators Project Managers and other staff to implement projectspecific instructions and methods
- Observe and uphold Chronicle Heritages Fieldwork Procedures and Health and Safety requirements
- Be willing to travel and stay overnight on short and longterm projects
Hire Type: Hourly as needed
Schedule:Availability to work fulltime as needed
Location:Onsite Nevada
Required Qualifications
- 2 years of experience directing fieldwork for CRM projects
- 2 years of experience with analysis and technical report writing
- Expertise in archaeological field methods and data collection
- Qualified to be permitted as a Field Director on Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resource Use Permits and Permits for Archaeological Investigations (ARPA Permits)
- Capable of walking several miles daily over all types of terrain and able to excavate in a variety of conditions
- Proficient organizational schedule and budget management skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite applications (Word Excel PowerPoint Project)
- Reliable transportation
Preferred Skills
- Advanced degree in anthropology archaeology or a closely related field
- Meet or exceed the Secretary of the Interiors Professional Qualification Standards for Archaeology
- Listed on (or ability to be listed on) the Register of Professional Archaeologists
- Qualified to be permitted as a Field Director
- Demonstrable experience supervising field crews during archaeological studies
- Experience writing cultural resource technical reports and letters
- Prior experience with Trimble GPS and/or ArcGIS Collector/Survey123/Field Maps apps
- Familiarity with GPS and GIS data collection in the field including ArcCollector Field Maps and/or Codify
- Familiarity with Section 106 processes and NRHP eligibility criteria for sites
- Ability to endure adverse environmental conditions including hot and cold temperatures precipitation and challenging terrain for sustained durations
- Excellent attention to detail a positive work ethic reliability and commitment to working both independently and in a team environment
- Strong organizational skills with task and time management
- Excellent leadership skills in the field
Physical And Mental Requirements And Work Environment
- Regular fieldwork or onsite 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 ones 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 operation standard office equipment (phone copy machine FAX machine etc.)
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Chronicle Heritage participates in EVerify 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.
If you would like to contact Chronicle Heritage regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the online application process due to a disability please email or call 1.602.899.9635 This contact information is for disability accommodation requests only. All other inquiries will not receive a response.
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IC
Employment Type
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