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Classified Staff |
Pay Grade: 31
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Benefits: |
Yes
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Salary: |
$31,000 annually |
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Full Time
(40 hours/week) |
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5/8/03 |
Closing: |
5/30/03 |
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Application Instructions for Job No. 26246 |
- To apply, please submit
a cover letter and resume
to:
Jeffrey S. Dean, Professor
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
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- Please reference job number 26246 on your application materials.
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- For consideration, complete requested documentation must be
received by midnight of the closing date.
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Position Summary:
This position will document, prepare, analyze, and curate archaeological tree-ring samples using standard Laboratory Tree-Ring Research (LTRR) analytical techniques and recording protocols. The majority of samples come from the southwestern U.S., but material from other regions of the world occasionally is involved. This position is supported by the National Science Foundation "Southwest Archaeological Tree-Ring Dating" grant. |
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for processing, preparing, and analyzing wood and charcoal tree-ring samples from archaeological sites in western North America and other areas.
- Access submissions, organize sample collections and prepare samples for study.
- Identify species and other salient sample attributes (tool marks, evidence of trauma, nature of ring series, etc.)
- Assign calendar dates to datable samples.
- Add samples to the permanent collection.
- Help maintain the respository.
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Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a field appropriate to the area of assignment AND two years of research experience that includes the analysis and dating of archaeological tree-ring samples using standard LTRR analytical techniques; OR,
- Six years of research experience that includes the analysis and dating of aarchaeological tree-ring samples using standard LTRR analytical techniques.
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Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in anthropology, archaeology, archaeological science, or other speciality related to the dendroarchaeological nature of the work.
- Knowledge of skeleton plot cross-dating.
- Experience with sample attribute recognition and recording.
- Knowledge of proper handling of fragile archaeological tree-ring samples.
- Experience with sample curation standards and methods.
- Experience in collecting and documenting archaeological tree-ring samples.
- Demonstrated experience in evaluating tree-ring dates from archaeological contexts using established assumptions, principles, and procedures.
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