What Can You do With a Graduate Degree in Anthropology/Archaeology?

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EDUCATION Teaching Research Administration MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES Management Curatorship Conservation Research Education Libraries Development GOVERNMENT Administration Cultural Resource Management Surveying Site Management Excavation Research Museum Conservation Legislative Compliance Review Program Management and Evaluation Policy Analysis Urban Planning NONPROFIT Administration Program management and development Policy analysis Counseling Research BUSINESS Administration/Management Advertising Human Resources Public Relations Sales/Marketing Writing/Editing

ARCHAEOLOGY Cultural Resource Management Research/ Excavation OTHER JOB TITLES Anthropology Anthropologist Archaeologist Archivist Cultural Artifacts Specialist Curator Ethnologist Forensic Anthropologist Linguist Medical Anthropologist Social Science Analyst University Professor Archaeology Archaeometrist Archaeologist Sociocultural Linguistic Physical Assistant Coordinator Deputy Minister Director of Heritage Policy Ethnoarchaeologist Field Crew Director Museum Curator Museum Manager / Director Paleoethnobotanist Salvage Projects Archaeologist Site Manager Spatial Technician University / College Professor

 

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EDUCATION Universities/colleges/community colleges University research institutes or laboratories Campus museums MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES Natural History or History Museums: Universities, State, federal or local, Private Archives GOVERNMENT Federal Agencies: Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Land Management Central Intelligence Agency Department of Health and Human Services Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Bureau of Investigation National Institutes of Health National Park Service Public Health Service Smithsonian Institute Tennessee Valley Authority U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Department of State U.S. Forest Service State Agencies: Historic Preservation Offices Parks Departments Highway Departments

NON-PROFIT Nonprofit organizations Social service agencies Hospitals and medical centers Private foundations, e.g. The Ford Foundation International organizations, e.g. The World Health Organization and The International Red Cross BUSINESS Advertising agencies/departments Business firms Consulting firms Publishers: textbook, magazine, newspaper, book Retail stores ARCHAEOLOGY Consulting firms Environmental/engineering companies Firms specializing in archaeological investigation Federal, state and local government

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ANTHROPOLOGY American Anthropological Association American Anthropologist Journal Archive American Association of Museums American Association of Physical Anthropologists American Board of Forensic Anthropology American Society for Ethnohistory American Society of Primatologists Anthro Tech Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Laboratory Primate Newsletter National Association of Student Anthropologists Native American Resource Center Northwest Primate Conservation Society Paleoanthropology Society Population Research Institute Primate Information Network Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Society for Applied Anthropology Society for Cultural Anthropology Society for Economic Anthropology Wadsworth Anthropology Resource Center ARCHAEOLOGY American Association of Museums American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists American Cultural Resources Association Anthropology in the News Archeological Institute of America Archaeology Magazine Fieldwork Opportunities Archaeology Career Paths Archaeology, Ethics and the Law Association for Environmental Archaeology Center for Historical Archaeology Digital Archaeology Institute of Human Origins National Association of State Archaeologists National Trust for Historic Preservation North American Archaeomagnetism Saving Antiquities for Everyone Society for American Archaeology Interest Groups Society for Archaeological Sciences Society for Historical Archaeology Society for Industrial Archaeology The Bradshaw Foundation The Leakey Foundation