Archaeological Intern (G2 Archaeology, Pack Intern, Spring 2025)
**This internship is hosted by G2 Archaeology and sponsored by the Nevada Career Studio and ASUN.
About G2 Archaeology:
G2 Archaeology (G2) is a cultural resources management (CRM) firm that provides support to local, state, and federal agencies, and private landowners in California and the Great Basin. Our woman-owned small business is centrally located in Reno, Nevada, allowing for easy access to project sites throughout the West. In the past eight years, G2 has completed over 150 archaeological studies. G2 employs 12 permanent full-time staff, including Senior and Staff Archaeologists, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) professionals, and operations support. We also utilize numerous on-call technicians for seasonal fieldwork. G2 supports the retention of a local workforce. In fact, five of G2's Archaeologists received graduate degrees (i.e., M.A. and Ph. D) from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), Anthropology Department. This team is responsible for inventorying, monitoring, evaluating, and managing cultural resources in the Great Basin and California.
G2 offers a full range of cultural resources services, including: Cultural Resources Survey/Inventory; National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Evaluations; Testing and Data Recovery; Cultural Resources Monitoring; Literature Searches and Archival Studies; Artifact and Faunal Analysis; Native American Consultation; Architectural History; Treatment Plans and Late Discoveries Plans; and Cultural Resources Management Plans. Our company vision is "We study the past to help plan for the future." We accomplish this through a collaborative company culture driven by years of experience
Internship Description:
The Archaeological Intern will work with G2 Archaeologists as part of a team responsible for inventorying, monitoring, evaluating, and managing cultural resources in the Great Basin and California. The Archaeological Intern position is an entry-level, flexible, part-time, temporary office position designed to provide valuable on-the-job training and a positive learning experience while working with and learning from our Senior Archaeologists in an office-setting. They will gain experience in archaeological data entry and management, basic report preparation, and should project priorities allow, may also participate in local (i.e., Northern Nevada) fieldwork, data collection, and/or laboratory analysis.
The Archaeological Intern has the potential to learn about the full ‘lifecycle’ of a cultural resources management (CRM) project, including pre-field preparation (e.g., literature searches, research), fieldwork (pending project needs), data collection, post-field data entry and data management, basic report development, preparation of deliverables, monitoring, etc. Working with various G2 staff, they would gain a comprehensive understanding of the CRM industry, something many anthropology graduates and field-school participants don’t have as they enter the workforce.
Duties/Responsibilities:
The Archaeological Intern will gain experience in some or all of the following areas:
- Data entry tasks including, but not limited to, artifact and feature descriptions, site and isolated find logs, and field notes
- Assisting in the preparation of archaeological site forms
- Database management (i.e., Zotero)
- Maintaining a small research library
The Archaeological Intern may gain experience in some of the following areas, pending project needs:
- Local fieldwork in northern Nevada may include:
- Archaeological survey transects using basin compass, map, and GPS navigation skills
- Prehistoric and/or historic-era site identification and in-field documentation
- In-field artifact/feature data collection and analysis
- Familiarity with basic excavation techniques and equipment
- Laboratory analysis to include:
- Identification of recovered prehistoric and/or historic artifacts
- Process (i.e., wash, catalog, label) recovered artifacts
- Analyze and catalog recovered artifacts
- Prepare artifacts and specimens for curation
- Research activities may include:
- Archival research at local and online repositories
- Research temporally diagnostic prehistoric and/or historic artifacts
Goals and Expectations of the Intern:
- Complete 120 hours of work as an intern (8-15 hours per week, 15 weeks total)
- Goals: Gain a basic understanding of professional archaeology and the CRM industry; experience in entry-level tasks that can be expanded upon in future employment with G2 and/or other local CRM firms; and fostering a passion for the preservation of our cultural resources.
- Expectations: Weekly work (unless otherwise specified) at G2’s Reno office under the guidance of G2’s Senior Archaeologist/Intern Supervisor; collaborative interactions with G2 staff to complete assigned tasks; and a willingness to learn about and assist with various aspects of the CRM industry, including office and field work, if project-needs allow.
Required Qualifications:
- Must be a degree-seeking undergraduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno during the Spring ‘25 semester
- Be detail-oriented with effective verbal and written communication skills
- Possess a willingness to learn and refine new skills on-the-job
- Possess the ability to collaboratively interact with supervisors/mentors and co-workers
Preferred Qualifications:
- Coursework in anthropology/archaeology degree, or related field.
- Familiarity with anthropology and/or archaeology of the Great Basin, either through university-level introduction courses or participation in a field school
- Strong organizational skills with desire to improve and incorporate progress into career and self-development
Desired Schedule for Intern:
Applicants must: be available to work during G2 office hours which are between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; be available for work for a minimum of 8 hours per week, and no more than 15 hours per week
PIGP internships require interns to complete 120 hours during their internship. It is the intern’s responsibility to ensure this requirement is met.