Most archaeologists have a Ph.D. Archaeology students go on digs to learn the proper way to excavate. They learn archaeological techniques and study different kinds of artifacts. To be a successful archaeologist you would need to be a good artist, excavator, writer, and observer. Part of the year archaeologists go on excavations and the other part of the year is often spent working at a museum or a University. Archaeologists who work at museums help build new exhibits or are conservators.
Conservators help preserve fragile artifacts that are old.
If you work at a University, you could teach other students how to become archaeologists. Looking for Sites While some archaeological sites are obvious like the pyramids, others are found by chance. Lots of discoveries are uncovered by the wind, rain or through people's everyday work. For example , the dead sea scrolls were found by a shepherd boy. Archaeologists have developed special ways to look for less obvious sites.