Senior Archaeologist

ARCHAEOLGICAL CLLCTNS BLG
339 N.Botetourt
Second Floor
Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

ARCHAEOLGICAL CLLCTNS BLG
339 N.Botetourt
Second Floor
Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

Who We Are Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse people who helped shape a new nation.

Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 89 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life.

The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, The Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute, and a renowned research library, the John

D. Rockefeller Jr Library. Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Griffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on-site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today’s evolved tastes.

Each year over five million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.

Main Duties Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
· Develop and oversee original archaeological research in support of Colonial Williamsburg’s interpretive and educational goals.
· Safeguard archaeological resources on Foundation property, working with Property Management and Architecture & Engineering to mitigate impact on cultural resources before and during construction projects.
· Ensure Foundation compliance with all local, state, and federal historic preservation legislation.
· Develop the scope of work for projects and ensure timely completion of archaeological surveys, assessments, and excavations, including mitigation studies.
· Establish project timetables, consults with field technicians and other archaeologists in determining the appropriate procedures and techniques to be used, and prepares preliminary plans.

· Develop new analytical, technical, or interpretive frameworks that further the goals of archaeology at Colonial Williamsburg and the larger field of archaeology.
· Oversee documentation of archaeological work.
· Hire, develop, train, supervise, and counsel staff for archaeological project teams.
· Act as the Foundation’s spokesperson on matters related to Archaeology, as assigned.
· Collaborate with outside institutions, particularly the College of William & Mary, through support of the CWF/W&M field school in Historical Archaeology.
· Develop and administer project budgets; tracking up to a million dollars in project-based budgets, grants, and restricted funds; working to ensure project completion within established timetables and budgets. Advise the Director of Architectural Preservation & Research of any potential discrepancies.
· Communicate with regulators, including the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR),…