Individual Placement - Cultural Resources Survey Crew Participant at Sawtooth National Forest

Student Conservation Association

11h

About The Position

Projects that the intern will be working on include cultural resource surveys for timber sales, hazardous fuels treatments, recreation improvements, etc. The goal of the projects are to improve both access and the outdoor experience of people using the Forest as well as improving safety from wildfire risks.

Requirements

Member should be interested in Archaeology/Anthropology.
A personal vehicle is required for a better overall internship experience and to get to/from housing accommodations to the work site.
All participants must be between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, or veterans age 35 or younger.
Participants must also be a citizen or national of the United States or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States.
Hours served can be applied toward the Public Land Corps (PLC) hiring authority.

Nice To Haves

Degree in anthropology or archaeology or at least be currently working on a degree
Prior experience doing cultural resource surveys
Archaeological field school
Experience with GPS and/or compass & maps.

Responsibilities

Assists in performing procedural archeological fieldwork assignments using compass, topographical map, and aerial photographs, and/or GPS unit to conduct archeological surveys and to record site locations.
Searches areas for surface historic and prehistoric archaeological remains and artifacts.
Assists with determining the exact locations of sites and marks them on maps and/or aerial photographs and plots with GPS units.
Assists in recording information on archeological site survey forms and prepares simple reports and field notes.
Assists with the cleaning and cataloging of artifacts recovered from inventories and excavations.
Assists in site testing and excavation.
On days with inclement weather, the intern may be asked to participate in office work such as transcribing field notes, scanning documents and historic photographs, etc.