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Current Openings

RESEARCH POSITION IN PALAEOLITHIC ARCHEAOLOGY: Leipzig, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

CULTURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Phoenix, Arizona; SWCA Environmental Consultants

Outreach Coordinator: St. Augustine, Florida; Florida Public Archaeology Network Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida

Instructor, one-year temporary appointment: Lafayette, Louisiana; University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Training Support Specialist: Crystal River, Florida; University of South Florida - Dept. of Anthropology - Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN), Central Regional Center (CRC) - College of Arts & Sciences

Archaeologist: Loveland, CO; Bureau of Reclamation near Loveland, Colorado

Anthropological Archaeologist: Urbana, IL; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Cultural Resource Manager: Salt Lake City, Utah; Environmental Planning Group

Keeper of the Near East Section: Philadelphia, PA; The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Cultural Resources Specialist/Senior Archaeologist: Rocky Mountain Region; Buys & Associates, Inc.

Assistant professor in Coastal/Marine Archaeology and Geographical Information Systems (GIS): West Long Branch, NJ; Monmouth University

Cultural Resources Specialist: Minneapolis – Will Consider Denver, Houston or Portland; Natural Resource Group, LLC.

State Physical Anthropologist: Olympia, WA; The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation

Curator of Collections: Bloomington, IN; Glenn A Black Laboratory of Archaeology

Principal Investigator/Archaeologist: The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc.; Negotiable

Post-doctoral Fellowship: The South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) at the University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC

Principal Investigator: Lone Mountain Archaeological Services; El Paso, Texas

Position: RESEARCH POSITION IN PALAEOLITHIC ARCHEAOLOGY
Location: Leipzig, Germany

Position Profile:

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (Germany), invites applications for a junior research position in Palaeolithic Archaeology at the Department of Human Evolution. Within a multidisciplinary environment, the department is dedicated to Palaeoanthropology in a broad sense, with three main groups of scientists represented: physical anthropologists, palaeolithic archeologists, and archaeological scientists/geochronologists. More information about the Department of Human Evolution may be found at http://www.eva.mpg.de/evolution/.

The position is extendable up to five years. The department will provide substantial support in a highly stimulating environment, and we expect the successful candidate to contribute to the research of the group as a whole, as well as to undertake high quality original research in his/her specific field.

We are especially interested in candidates with innovative approaches to the:

African Middle Stone Age

Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe

However, applicants involved in other areas with interesting and well defined research projects will be considered. Candidates with experience in running field projects or with ongoing field research projects are preferred. The selected candidate must have a PhD and ideally will have post-doctoral experience with a strong track record of research.

Applications including cover letter, curriculum vitae, reprints of selected publications, short statement of research interests, and the names of three referees should be sent by mail to:

Professor Jean-Jacques Hublin
Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig (Germany)

The Max Planck Society aims to increase the percentage of women in research positions and strongly encourages women scientists to apply. The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from persons with disabilities.

Screening of applications will begin June 15 and continue until a suitable candidate is found.

Job posted: May 13, 2008

Position: CULTURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Position Profile:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conduct cultural resource consulting services and manage projects;

Demonstrate knowledge of applicable federal and state cultural resources laws;

Accountable for the financial success of projects and the cultural resources program.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduate degree in archaeology, anthropology or a related field;

Ten years of experience in fieldwork and report completion, as well as scheduling and budgeting of projects in cultural resources;

Demonstrated performance and achievement in business development, established credibility with federal and state reviewing agencies and clients and success in proposal writing.

Job posted: May 12, 2008

Position: Outreach Coordinator
Location: St. Augustine, Florida

Position Profile:

Primary responsibilities include: assisting the Center Director with development and management of archaeology education outreach programs, collaborative program relationships, and maintaining outreach tools including the website, mailing list, and quarterly newsletter.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in anthropology or related field with three years or more of work experience, a master’s degree preferred. Experience in public archaeology, education, interpretation, or public relations/communications desirable. The position is full-time with benefits. For detailed information, visit http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/cc/jobs/

Job posted: May 8, 2008

Position: Instructor, one-year temporary appointment
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana

Position Profile:

Teach cultural anthropology, archaeology, world prehistory. Begins August 20, 2008. M.A. or Ph.D. in anthropology or archaeology required. Send letter and CV with three references by May 31, 2008 to Dr. Kathleen Handy, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, P.O. Box 40198, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette LA 70504-0198, or fax: 337-482-5374.

Job posted: May 5, 2008

Position: Training Support Specialist
Location: Crystal River, Florida

Position Profile:

University of South Florida - Dept. of Anthropology - Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN), Central Regional Center (CRC) - College of Arts & Sciences

Position Number: 15812

Deadline to Apply: 05/16/2008

Annual Salary: $31,000 - $37,000

The Training Support Specialist maintains and expands the CRC¹s existing Educational Outreach Programs and Heritage Management goals. Directly responsible for CRC¹s K-12 outreach efforts and will work extensively with teachers, student and the public covering a nine county region centered on Crystal River, Florida. The position is full-time with benefits.

For additional information on this position and how to apply, please visit:
http://usfweb2.usf.edu/HR/Employment/USPSbyTitle.html EOE

Job posted: May 5, 2008

Position: Archaeologist
Location: Loveland, CO

Position Profile:

ARCHAEOLOGIST position open with the Bureau of Reclamation near Loveland, Colorado. The Bureau of Reclamation is the largest wholesaler of water in the country and the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the western United States.

For detailed announcement information go to www.usajobs.opm.gov and type Archaeologist in the keyword search. Applications must be received by 5/20/08.

Contact our Employment Line at 406-247-7696 with additional questions.

Job posted: May 5, 2008

Position: Anthropological Archaeologist
Location: Urbana, IL

Position Profile:

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks to hire an anthropological archaeologist for a one-year post-doctoral position beginning August 16, 2008, pending final budgetary approval. The candidate will teach two courses per semester. We seek candidates with demonstrated teaching excellence and research interests in complexity, landscapes, and materiality in North America who can engage other research units. Ph.D. required. Stipend $35,000.00. Mail applications, including cover letter and CV only, and names of three references to Ms. Karla Harmon, Department of Anthropology, 607 S. Mathews Ave, UIUC, Urbana, IL 61801. For full consideration, applications must be received on or before June 1, 2008. The UIUC is an AA-EOE.
Job posted: April 30, 2008

Position: Cultural Resource Manager
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Position Profile:

Candidate should have a Masters Degree, 3-5 years of experience supervising fieldwork, excellent writing and decision-making skills! Must be permittable in Utah and have a working knowledge of Section 106 compliance. Send CV and cover letter to: jobs@epgaz.com or fax (602) 956-4374.
Job posted: April 28, 2008

Position: Keeper of the Near East Section
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Position Profile:

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology seeks applicants for the Keeper of the Near East Section. For full details of this position and how to apply, visit: http://www.museum.upenn.edu/keeper/index.shtml.
Job posted: April 17, 2008

Position: Cultural Resources Specialist/Senior Archaeologist
Location: Rocky Mountain Region

Position Profile:

Buys & Associates, Inc., an environmental consulting firm seeks highly qualified individual to manage cultural resource services on behalf of a wide variety of private, federal, state, and local government clients throughout the Rocky Mountain Region. Preferred candidates will have an advanced degree, meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards for Archaeology or History, have 3 or more years of similar past experience, and be able to quickly obtain necessary state and federal permits to conduct cultural resource management in the Rocky Mountain Region. Please see http://www.buysandassociates.com/employment.cfm for a complete job description and a list of required qualifications or to apply, send letter of application and resume to recruiting@buysandassociates.com.
Job posted: April 15, 2008

Position: Assistant professor in Coastal/Marine Archaeology and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Location: West Long Branch, NJ

Position Profile:

Monmouth University seeks an assistant professor in Coastal/Marine Archaeology and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for a tenure track appointment at assistant professor. Candidates should be ABD or have Ph.D. in hand with research focused on the Americas. We seek candidates who have demonstrated excellent teaching and who have an established or promising record of scholarship. An active plan of relevant research and record of external funding is desirable. Teaching will be primarily at the undergraduate level but with the possibility of some graduate teaching. Courses will include a two course sequence in GIS (Introduction to GIS and Applied GIS), and courses appropriate to specialty. Successful candidates must demonstrate the ability to manage an existing GIS lab, and build the GIS program. We encourage applicants who can demonstrate potential in collaborating outside the department, particularly with the Marine and Environmental Biology and Policy (MEBP) program and Urban Coast Institute. We seek a person with the skills, energy and vision to integrate GIS and other spatial technology applications into course and field work, and research projects related to coastal and marine topics. Candidates must be committed to Monmouth’s teaching and scholarship mission including the advising of undergraduate and graduate students. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter, a C.V. to Archaeology/GIS Search Committee Chair, Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764. Applications screening will begin April 14, 2008 and continue until the position is filled.

Monmouth University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Job posted: April 11, 2008

Position: Cultural Resources Specialist
Location: Minneapolis – Will Consider Denver, Houston or Portland

Position Profile:

Natural Resource Group, LLC. represents one of the leading environmental consulting firms working on energy infrastructure projects throughout the country. We are seeking top cultural resources talent with knowledge on a national level combined with a western regional emphasis to join our current professional staff. We are actively recruiting to fill a position to land in one of our several office locations, preferably Minneapolis, Denver, Portland, or Houston.

Our projects are located throughout all regions of the country and we work for most of the largest energy companies in the industry. The ideal candidate would manage cultural resource compliance for large-scale pipeline and other energy capital development projects. Specific duties include directing agency consultations, overseeing the acquisition of cultural resource approvals, managing project task budgets, coordinating field survey efforts including managing subconsultants in the field, and providing technical and editorial review of subconsultant reports. The cultural resources budgets for the type of energy projects we manage can range between $25,000 for a small project up to $7 million for a large project. The effort to manage the cultural resource aspects of these projects varies widely according to size and complexity. A small project can take 2 to 3 months, and a large project can take as long as three years from the onset of agency consultations to the time that the project is constructed.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS (SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATION):

The qualified candidate minimally will have a Masters degree and 4 to 10 years of cultural resource management experience, preferably in the western United States. This position requires strong working knowledge of federal and state cultural resources regulatory compliance (i.e., Section 106, NEPA) and experience in regulatory consultations in support of commercial customers. Candidates will have a solid understanding of, and experience in, all aspects of cultural resources management including archaeology, historic structures, agency and tribal consultations, traditional cultural properties, preparation of unanticipated discovery plans, and preparation of management plans. Additionally, comprehensive experience with and understanding of the NEPA process is necessary. Experience with the FERC permitting process is highly desirable as well as experience consulting with other federal agencies, including the BLM and Forest Service. The candidate must possess excellent written and oral communication skills, demonstrated experience in successfully managing relationships with agencies and vendors, and be highly organized.

Preferred Method of Application:

Please submit cover letter and resume electronically to careers@NRG-LLC.com, or via the employment opportunities page on our company’s web site at http://www.NRG-LLC.com

Job posted: April 11, 2008

Position: State Physical Anthropologist
Location: Olympia, WA

Position Profile:

The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation is seeking a State Physical Anthropologist. The individual will act as the state’s expert in determining the identification of non-forensic human remains, and will be responsible for the repatriation of both Indian and non-Indian remains.

The applicant must have a doctorate in either archaeology or anthropology and have experience in forensic osteology or other relevant aspects of physical anthropology, and must have at least one year of experience in laboratory reconstruction, analysis, and reporting. A medical degree with archaeological experience may be substituted for a doctorate in anthropology or archaeology.

This position is expected to start July 1, 2008.

For further information visit http://www.dahp.wa.gov/pages/AboutUs/Employment.htm

The State of Washington is an equal opportunity employer.

Job posted: April 10, 2008

Position: Curator of Collections
Location: Bloomington, IN

Position Profile:

Glenn A Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University , seeks a Curator of Collections responsible for all Laboratory holdings. Minimum qualifications: advanced degree in anthropology/archaeology, museum studies or related field; research/publication record in material culture analysis from archaeological sites throughout Midwest, Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions; 3-5 years experience in museum/archaeological curation/collections management; experience with current collections management technology and practices, computer information systems, and digital collections management; experience in NAGPRA compliance. For information and application materials see http://www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/jobs (browse Professional Jobs for # 00015078) or contact George Monaghan (812-855-9544; gmonagha@indiana.edu). Indiana University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job posted: March 17, 2008

Position: Principal Investigator/Archaeologist
Location: Negotiable

Position Profile:

The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc. (www.manniksmithgroup.com) has a current project backlog including a major Phase III data recovery project in Northwest Ohio, scheduled to begin in April 2008. The PI duties include developing research design and testing methods; providing project setup and logistical planning; preparing proposals/budgets; writing and editing technical reports; directing archaeological surveys; and contributing to artifact analysis.
Master’s degree required, 5 years archaeological consulting and supervisory experience preferred. Business development experience highly desirable. Historic archaeology experience and artifact analysis a plus. Office location negotiable.

Send resume to: hr@manniksmithgroup.com. EOE
Job posted: January 16, 2008

Position: Post-doctoral Fellowship
Location: Columbia, SC

Position Profile:

The South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) at the University of South Carolina is seeking an outstanding candidate for an 11 month post-doctoral position in the field of African Diaspora archaeology. The researcher will be expected to organize a conference related to this topic and to prepare an edited volume deriving from the conference. The candidate will also collaborate with the Department of Anthropology, and will teach one course for the department. An ideal candidate will have a broad research background in African Diaspora studies, and must be willing to develop ties with other institutions on campus with a similar focus. Candidates must have the PhD in hand by the start date of August 16, 2008. The application must include (1) CV; (2) names of 3 references; (3) a two-page prospectus outlining the theme of a proposed conference. Applications must be forwarded through the university website (http://uscjobs.sc.edu) under the heading of Postdoctoral Fellow-Archaeology. For full consideration, applications should be received by April 1, 2008. For questions, contact Dr. Charles Cobb, Director, SCIAA, at cobbcr@gwm.sc.edu. The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
Job posted: January 14, 2008

Position: Principal Investigator
Location: El Paso, Texas

Position Profile:

Are you a Principal Investigator who wants to do more than clear sites? Would you like to conduct research and publish your contributions to the field of southwestern archaeology? Lone Mountain Archaeological Services needs you in its El Paso office! Most of our work takes place on the vast U.S. Army Fort Bliss Air Defense Training Center, affording us the unique opportunity to engage in substantial data recovery, research, and analysis. The perfect candidate will have strong organizational and analytical skills, a cultural ecology or human behavioral archaeological perspective, West Texas, Southwest and/or Great Basin experience, and the desire to work in one of the richest cultural locations in the southwest. Almost 15,000 years of human activity is documented at Fort Bliss as well as the earliest radiocarbon date (13,020 to 12,200 B.C.) ever recorded in the Tularosa Basin. Much has been done, but much is yet to be discovered.

Your field crew will be supported with the highest level of technology available in Cultural Resources Management today. We are constantly improving field procedures and developing survey methods using GPS, digital photography, field computers, magnetic susceptibility testing, TRU, and GIS. Lone Mountain has created its own custom survey technique, bringing GPS, TRU, and PDA technologies together in one hand-held device enabling field crews to conduct immediate paperless surface assemblage surveys. Lone Mountain also employs the latest geoarchaeological and data analysis techniques. We conduct phosphate, protein residue, phytolith, and pollen analyses, FTIR, and XRF studies. Immediate soils analyses are conducted in our own lab. Applicants who are eager to help shape our research goals and aren’t afraid to explore new techniques are especially sought. Dogged persistence and practical problem solving are required attributes.

All PIs must meet the qualifications for Archaeologists contained in the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation (48 FR 44720-44726). Applicants should have a graduate degree in anthropology, archaeology, or a related field, and at least five (5) years of supervisory experience. Of total work experience, at least two years must have been in the southwest (Southern California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas). Applicants should also be able to document the successful completion of at least two research projects and at least one (1) regional or national level publication on cultural resources. GIS experience is an asset.

LMAS offers a competitive salary with benefits. Employment is dependent upon the acceptance of the applicant’s qualifications by Fort Bliss. Please send CV with references to Tim Church, Lone Mountain Archaeological Services, Inc., 5 Butterfield Trail, Suite F, El Paso, TX 79906, phone 915-771-7887, fax 915-771-0325, tchurch@lone-mtn.com.
Please visit our website at www.lone-mtn.com

Job posted: January 8, 2008