Forget Projections, Be the Change: Crushing Archaeology Career Myths to Inspire New Trajectories for CRM

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Transformations in Professional Archaeology" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

One of the most popular narratives at this time in archaeology, promoted by Atschul and Klein 2022, is that there will be a dearth of archaeologists now and into the near future, particularly archaeologists with master's degrees or higher. This presentation will bust the myths regarding the role and necessity of advanced degrees in CRM and present some critical areas that CRM archaeologists, academics, and students can look at now to drive innovative transformations to the CRM business at all levels of the career. This includes a discussion of legal requirements vs. business practices, assumptions we are making regarding the role of education for CRM today, and some practical steps that can be taken to transform our expectations and practices for CRM career trajectories.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)   •
• Transformations in Professional Archaeology

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Abstract Id(s): 39425.0