The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation (Monticello) seeks candidates for
the position of Project Manager, Digital Archaeological Archive of
Slavery in the Chesapeake.  The Project Manger will oversee and
participate in the creation of an Internet-accessible archive of
archaeological data and graphics from multiple sites associated with
enslaved Africans and their descendents in the greater Chesapeake region.
The archive is a four-year project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, designed to explore how Web technologies can be used to foster
collaborative and comparative research among diverse archaeologists
working in a single region.

The Project Manager will take a leadership role in the following
activities: synthesis of best-practices for the classification,
measurement, and imaging of artifacts and the contexts from they were
excavated, based on input from the Project Steering Committee;
implementation of the resulting protocols in a digital database and its
lexicons; oversight of artifact cataloging for excavated collections and
translation of diverse digital artifact and context databases to common
logical and digital format; digitization of paper site plans and sections;
port of artifact and contexts databases to an internet-accessible SQL
database; Web site maintenance;  production of a capstone volume on the
project; supervision of two archaeological analysts whose primary
responsibilty is artifact identification, measurement, and cataloging.

The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in anthropology or related
field and at least three years of archaeological field experience.  The
position requires strong organizational abilities and practical skills in
digital technologies, including database management and related
statistical applications, CAD, GIS, and HTML.  Familiarity with SQL and
CGI programming is highly desirable.  Expertise in the material culture of
the early modern Atlantic world, especially ceramics, and field experience
in the Chesapeake is also highly desirable.

This is a full-time position with benefits.  Please send a cover letter,
vita, and names of three references to:

Ms. Lana Hamilton
Director of Human Resources
Monticello
Box 316
Charlottesville, VA 22902

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