Ready or Not An Archaeological KSA Needs Assessment
Creator(s): Rachel Morgan
Year: 2023
Summary
Debates about the best means of preparing archaeologists continue. This article reviews data from 674 archaeological job postings to assess in-demand archaeological knowledge, skills, and abilities. The needs assessment reveals American archaeology’s demand for dynamic, highly skilled professionals capable of identifying, preserving, and protecting the past. The skills demanded in archaeology job postings are the skills necessary to succeed as an archaeologist in any sector and the same skills necessary to meet the challenges faced by discipline more generally.
Cite this Record
Ready or Not An Archaeological KSA Needs Assessment. Rachel Morgan. 2023 ( tDAR id: 476569) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476569
Data Set Structure
Table Information: Degree
Column Name | Data Type | Type | Category | Coding Sheet | Ontology | Search |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BA Required, PhD Preferred | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
BA, MA, PHD | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
HS or BA | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
PHD Required | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Masters or PhD | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Masters Required, PhD Preferred | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
MA Preferred | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
MA Required | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
BA Required, MA Preferred | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Bachelors or Masters | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
BA Preferred | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
BA Required | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
HS Required | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Position Title | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Employer | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Table Information: KSAs
Column Name | Data Type | Type | Category | Coding Sheet | Ontology | Search |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artifact Analysis | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Fieldwork | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Research | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Curation | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Technical Writing | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Working with Indigenous Communities | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
RPA | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
GIS | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Position Title | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Employer | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Table Information: Legal KSAs
Column Name | Data Type | Type | Category | Coding Sheet | Ontology | Search |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employer | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Position Title | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Antiquities Act | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
NHPA | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
36 CFR 79 | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
General State | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
General Fed | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
NAGPRA | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
NEPA | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
ARPA | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Table Information: States
Column Name | Data Type | Type | Category | Coding Sheet | Ontology | Search |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
District of Columbia | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
West Virginia | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
North Dakota | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Washington | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Wyoming | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Wisconsin | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Virginia | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Vermont | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Utah | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Texas | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Tennessee | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
South Dakota | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
South Carolina | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Rhode Island | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Pennsylvania | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Oregon | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Oklahoma | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Ohio | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
North Carolina | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
New York | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
New Mexico | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
New Jersey | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
New Hampshire | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Nevada | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Nebraska | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Montana | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Missouri | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Mississippi | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Minnesota | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Michigan | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Massachusetts | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Maryland | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Maine | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Louisiana | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Kentucky | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Kansas | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Iowa | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Indiana | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Illinois | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Idaho | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Hawaii | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Guam | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Georgia | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Florida | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Delaware | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Connecticut | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Colorado | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
California | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Arkansas | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Arizona | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Alaska | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Alabama | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Position Title | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Employer | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
File Information
Name | Size | Creation Date | Date Uploaded | Access | |
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Ready-or-Not-KSA-Data.xlsx | 205.98kb | Jul 28, 2023 12:30:44 PM | Public | ||
Translated version
Ready-or-Not-KSA-Data_translated.xlsx
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Data column(s) in this dataset have been associated with coding sheet(s) and translated:
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