ARCHEOLOGIST
An Archeologist are the scientist of previous civilization..they discovers new culture which exists somewhere in the past.
They digs for pieces of pottery, tools or homes that belonged to people hundreds or thousands of years ago. Then, they use these clues to try to understand what ancient people were like. Does this sound like a job you would like to have? Read on to learn how you can become an archaeologist.To work in a college/university, you ll need a Ph. D and you may be required to "publish or perish," so be sure if you want to go this route, you enjoy researching, analyzing, and reporting your findings in addition to teaching from experience and a textbook. While you may have summers off from classroom work, you can obtain grants to do research in the field. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture.
Aechaeologists examine any evidence that can help them explain how people lived in past times. Such evidence ranges from the ruins of a large city to a few stone flakes left by someone making a stone tool long ago. The three basic kinds of archeological evidence are artifacts, features, and ecofacts. Artifacts are objects that were made by people and can be moved without altering their appearance. Artifacts include such objects as arrowheads, pots and beads. Artifacts from a society with a written history may also include clay tablets and other written records. Features consist mainly of houses, tombs, irrigation canals, and peoples. Unlike artifacts, features cannot be separated from their surroundings without changing their form. Ecofacts are natural objects found with artifacts of features. Ecofacts reveal how ancient people responded to their surroundings. Examples of ecofacts include seeds and animal bones.
Career for archaeologists are tremendous and are diversified. they are employed in museums, cultural centers, universities, and different departments of Government and other such related bodies.
The Archaeological Survey of India employs archaeologists at the State as well as the Central level either as assistant archaeologists who undertake activities like excavation, archaeological explorations etc., or as registration officers responsible for registering names of those who possess antiques. The vacancies for various posts keep occurring throughout the year. These are advertised in education supplements, Selection is done to these posts on the basis of written exam and interview.
After a PG diploma in Archaeology one can also seek employment through examinations conducted by Union Public Service Commission or Staff Selection Commission for the post of assistant archaeologist.
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