Professional archaeologists work for many different organizations.
Archaeologists are not just college professors, like Indiana Jones, who spend their summers digging in exotic places. They also work for museums, government agencies, Native corporations, and private businesses. In Alaska, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service all hire archaeologists to care for sites on their lands. There is even a State Office of History and Archaeology in Anchorage that maintains a database of information on all of Alaska's archaeological sites and insures that valuable sites are not destroyed by modern construction. These laws protect sites and give archaeologists the chance to save artifacts and information before bulldozers begin their work.