Archeologist

You will serve as an Archeologist at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Please visit find a park for additional park information. This is a Permanent, Competitive, Full-time appointment.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/20/2026 - unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state "40 hours a week" or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.
Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service from the military branch is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state:

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:

In addition to the specialized experience requirements for this position, you must meet at least one of the following:

appropriate transcripts must be submitted for proper crediting of individual course requirements

Completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's degree or higher that included:3 semester hours or the equivalent in EACH of the following course areas:

• History of archeology; and
• Archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa; and
• Regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development; and
• Theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques; and
• Archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work;

AND 6 semester hours of related course work in: geography, geology, or cultural geography; history, historiography, or historical archeology; environmental studies; scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or surveying;

AND Archeological field school.

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Degree in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements in A above (including archeological field school)

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A combination of college level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education.)

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4 years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included…