Field Archaeologist's Survival Guide: Getting A Job And Working In Cultural Resource Management

This book is a guide for people who want to become field archaeologists. It covers things like what it takes to get a job, how to survive in the field, and what to do if you get unemployment. It also has appendices with information on how to find a job and what to do if you get one.

Chris Websters handy, informative guide outlines what it takes to become an archaeological technician, a field worker in cultural resource management (CRM) archaeology. Based on his popular blog feature, Shovelbums Guide, Webster offers young archaeologists useful advice about CRM work, including writing, cooking in hotel rooms, hand-mapping, surviving unemployment, life after archaeology, and more. It provides tools new CRM archaeologists need to get hired and to live life on the road in a fluctuating job market, as well as details on how to succeed as a field archaeologist. Appendices cover sample job hunting documents and checklists for fieldwork. If you will be pursuing a position in this dynamic, challenging field, this book is a must-read both before you apply for that first job and once you get one.