My future job

 Hi! About my future work i would really like working as a archaeologist. I studied Pedagogy in History before and I didn’t like it, so I entered to Anthropology in 2022, I already had my first job in January and it was a good experience.

I imagine myself traveling to various places of Chile, excavating in archaelogical assents and finding material remains. Archaeologists are necessary for environmental impact studies in Chile because there are laws protecting heritage (Monumentos Nacionales and Ley Indígena Laws).

What skills will I need? I will need, first of all, my Archeologist’s degree, because laws ordain that only archaeologists can leading archaeological projects. Secondly, a driver’s licence. Sometimes it’s necessary driving to distant places like the desert or the mountains. And last, but no least, good shoes, hat, proper clothing, shovel, bucket and pick.

About the salary, it’s a well-paid job, there are so many projects in mining and construction and few archaeologist in Chile (only six universities offer the degree) so, there is an important demand for archaeological projects and the salary is not a problem (until now).

Today, the University of Chile’s anthropology student can get the major in anthropology with a minor in Archaeology, Social Anthropology or Physical Anthropology. So I would like get a major in Anthropology with a minor in Archaeology. But I would like strudying a major in International Studies too.