CAREERS IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Career Options
- Archaeologist
- Field Technician/Director
- Laboratory Technician
- Professor
- First Nations Conservation and Stewardship Liaison
- Researcher
- Geoarchaeologist
- Archaeobotanist
- Archaeozoologist
- Forensic Scientist
- Maritime Archaeologist
- Policy Analyst
- Archivist
- Museum Curator/Collections Manager/Assistant
- Preservationist/Restorer
- GIS Technician
- Historical Site Guide/Interpreter
- Community Outreach Worker
- Site/Land Surveyor
- Environmental Impact Assessor
POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS
- Archaeology Consulting Firms
- Universities
- Municipalities
- Federal and Provincial Governments
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Police and Coroner's Office
- Museums
- Libraries/Archives
- Parks/Historical Sites
- Heritage Foundations
"Some professional qualifications for an archaeologist are defined by the Register of Professional Archaeologists. RPA requires post-graduate study (a Masters or Doctorate) in anthropology, as well as work experience supervising archaeology field and lab projects." - SAA