How do they match: Anthropologists and Archeologists

  • Anthropologists and Archeologists

  • Research Anthropologist
  • Research Archaeologist
  • Researcher
  • Communication and Folklore Specialist

  • 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.

  • Develop and test theories concerning the origin and development of past cultures.
  • Develop intervention procedures, using techniques such as individual and focus group interviews, consultations, and participant observation of social interaction.
  • Research, survey, or assess sites of past societies and cultures in search of answers to specific research questions.
  • Assess archeological sites for resource management, development, or conservation purposes and recommend methods for site protection.
  • Collaborate with economic development planners to decide on the implementation of proposed development policies, plans, and programs based on culturally institutionalized barriers and facilitating circumstances.
  • Conduct participatory action research in communities and organizations to assess how work is done and to design work systems, technologies, and environments.
  • 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.
  • Study archival collections of primary historical sources to help explain the origins and development of cultural patterns.
  • Train others in the application of ethnographic research methods to solve problems in organizational effectiveness, communications, technology development, policy making, and program planning.
  • Write about and present research findings for a variety of specialized and general audiences.
  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

  • Develop theories or models of social phenomena.
  • Apply knowledge or research findings to address environmental problems.
  • Collaborate with technical specialists to resolve design or development problems.
  • Conduct research on social issues.
  • Conduct anthropological or archaeological research.
  • Conduct historical research.
  • Conduct scientific research of organizational behavior or processes.
  • Plan social sciences research.
  • Record research or operational data.