Description: Operates a cultural resource management office as a small business enterprise or part of a larger corporation
Alternate Titles: Director, Senior Archaeologist, Office Manager
Duties: Supervises project archaeologists, writes and maintains budgets, writes proposals, runs the business
Locations: Small and large cultural resource firms throughout the world
Job Type: Permanent, fulltime, with benefits. Usually more than full-time, in fact, with typically long work weeks.
Availability of Employment: Relatively available; usually only one to a small cultural resource firm, although there may be several in larger firms with satellite offices. Entrepreneurs can start their own businesses; and there are DBE (disadvantaged business enterprise) benefits in the US for women, veterans, and minorities.
Education Level Required: Advanced degree in anthropology or archaeology, with a lot of supervisory experience in the field
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