| Working in collaboration with Zion National Park, the Great Basin Institute (GBI) is recruiting an Archaeologist to assist park cultural resources staff with multiple projects, including preparing an amendment to a National Register Nomination for an archaeological district and assessing archaeological sites in high use visitor corridors to determine visitor impacts to cultural resources. Responsibilities and tasks for this work generally include use of standard field methods, data entry, making management recommendations, and generating summary reports. Standard fieldwork will entail: navigating with topographic maps, completing site forms, taking scale photographs, making scale illustrations, conducting condition assessments and fuels assessments, collecting spatial data, producing artifact illustrations, identifying artifacts, and making determinations of eligibility. Additional fieldwork may include treatment activities and supplementary documentation, such as: drainage re-routing, barrier installation, social trail eradication, installation of signs, minor stabilization, backfilling, and/or data recovery. Approximately 60% of time will be spent in the field during the course of this position. Temperatures in the summer regularly exceed 90-100° F and monsoons occur during July-September. Occasional camping will be required. Office-based work will include data management involving the use of three databases to enter and organize archaeology records: Utah Archaeology Site Form (UASF), Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS), and ZION Cultural Resource database. Determinations of eligibility will have concurrence with the park archaeologist and the Utah State Historic Preservation Officer. Illustrations will be digitized using graphic programs (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator). Photographs will be labeled, uploaded, and annotated. Spatial data will be processed and added to the master archaeology geodatabase. Site documentation and records will be copied and accessioned into the park museum archive. Reporting will include environmental reviews of park undertakings, as well as other products such as site bulletins, website text, and social media postings to inform the public of the human history and heritage resources at Zion National Park. |
