Job Details

CA Seasonal $21.00 - $21.00 Hourly Cultural Resources Assistance

Description

The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management Ridgecrest Field Office, has an opportunity to introduce youth to careers in the BLM, specifically cultural resource management. This will be accomplished by providing them opportunities to gain experience, learn about public lands, further their understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural resources, recreation facilities and opportunities. From this they will gain an increased appreciation and understanding of our public lands and of the value of public service, and are likely to become life-long advocates for those values.

This opportunity will be focused on inventory and monitoring of cultural resources including both historic and prehistoric. This project would be especially appropriate for a student studying archaeology and anthropology and will provide opportunities to enhance basic career skills such as organization, writing, detail, and communication, as well as field skills including studying and documenting site usage, use of GPS equipment and maps, field note methods, and data collection and preparation techniques. Previous experience with any or all of these skills would significantly enhance the participants' experience. The successful youth applicant will assist Ridgecrest Field Office with field work throughout the Field Office. This work includes completing a detailed inventory of cultural resources within the project areas and monitoring work as it is implemented. The overarching project has been broken up in multiple tasks, as follows:

Task 1: conduct Class III surveys for undertakings in order to meet section 106 requirements under the National Historic Preservation Act, such as ground disturbance and mechanical seeding for emergency stabilization and rehabilitation (ES & R) projects.

Task 2: Sites must be recorded on state specific cultural resource site record or historic architectural record for the built environment. A site form must be completed for each cultural resource that is located during the survey. There must be sufficient description on the form for BLM officials to derive an accurate eligibility recommendations.

-Field Per Diem available

-Weekly Housing stipend of $250 provided.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements

Education

Degree that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas:

• History of Archeology.
• Archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa.
• 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.
• Theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques.
• 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
• Six semester hours of related coursework in:
  • geography, geology, or cultural geography;
  • history, historiography, or historical archeology;
  • environmental studies;
  • scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or
  • surveying;

Archaeological Field School