Articles Index
Ephesus
Ephesus was an Ionian colony in western Turkey, first occupied in the 10th century and continuously occupied through Roman times.
Pergamum
The Greek and Roman occupations at the Turkish city of Bergama, called Pergamum, have left numerous beautiful ruins to visit and remember.
Gary Feinman and Linda Nicholas
Contributor biographies of Gary Feinman and Linda Nicholas
Laboratory Supervisor
Many of the larger cultural resource firms have their own laboratories where they process and analyze a portion of the archaeological data they recover. These labs need a supervisor--could this be your new job?
Archaeology Librarian
A tremendous number of cultural resource management reports are generated in each in the western world, so it is not surprising that there are a few archaeological librarians out and about. Is that you?
Geoarchaeologist
Do you have a thing for soils and archaeology? Then maybe a career as a geoarchaeologist is what would suit as your parachute through life.
Historian
A historian is one who provides background information for archaeological research and develops context for the material culture. Nice work if you can get it.
GIS Specialist
Geographic Information Systems is now a career in many fields, and archaeology has not been slow in including GIS as a subdiscipline.
Principal Investigator
The archaeologist who heads up a team of workers on an archaeological investigation is called a Principal Investigator. Can this be your destiny?
Public Archaeologist
A public archaeologist Works with an archaeologist or archaeologists to provide news reports, web sites, public talks, and other publications on archaeological information for consumption by the public.
SHPO Archaeologist:
An archaeologist who works for a State Historic Preservation Office identifies, evaluates, registers, interprets and protects historic properties, from significant buildings to shipwrecked vessels. The SHPO provides communities and preservation organizations with a variety of services, training and funding opportunities.
Cultural Resource Lawyer
A cultural resource lawyer provides legal advice and services in connection with cultural resource related issues. Colleen McCarthy, who has practiced cultural resource law for many years, describes this archaeology career path.
Richard Diehl
Archaeologist Richard Diehl is professor emeritus at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, and is currently working on a popular book about Teotihuacan, travel, visiting his six grandchildren and learning how to cook, as well as contributing an occasional review here.
Contributor Biography: Charles Higham
University of Otago, New Zealand professor Charles Higham got his first taste of archaeological work in Southeast Asia in 1968, and he has conducted research there ever since. His first contribution to Archaeology at About is a summary of five years of excavation at the Bronze Age cemetery of Ban Non Wat, Thailand.
Contributor Biography: David Underhill-Stocks
David Underhill (also Underhill-Stocks) was raised with a passion for history and spent much of his teenage years running specialist lectures on medieval history for schools and colleges.
Contributor Biography: Thomas F. King
Archaeologist and writer Thomas F. King is an occasional contributor to the Archaeology at About.com page.
Cacaxtla (Mexico) - Late Classic City of Cacaxtla
If you're going to Tlaxcala, you should visit Cacaxtla, an Olmec and Xicalanca culture site with one of the longest painted murals in Mesoamerica
Machu Picchu
A visit to Peru should not be undertaken unless you plan on visiting the fabulous fabled City of the Clouds, Inca Machu Picchu.
Teotihuacan: City of the Gods
Teotihuacan, the "place where the gods were created" is one of the most important archaeological sites in Mexico, with a population of than 100,000 people in 350 AD, making it the sixth largest city in the world at the time.
Field Technician
Before you do anything else in archaeology, you need to put in your time as a field technician. Step 1: get a job as a field tech.
Archaeobotanist
An archaeobotanist analyzes plant remains collected from an archaeological site; here's a profile of what this person's career is like.
Manager of Cultural Resource Firm
Feel the urge to manage something? Archaeological companies need directors of projects and this may be the direction you should go.
Computer Specialist in Archaeology
Are you a computer scientist with a yen for archaeology? Perhaps this job career path is for you.
Archaeological Editor
Are you a writer with an interest or background in archaeology? This career path may be for you.
College Professor
Care to sit in ivied halls and teach the next generation of Indiana Joneses? Then maybe you should think about a career as a college professor of archaeology.