Program for Avocational Archaeological Certification
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Certification Requirements

    Provisional Surveyor
    Certified Surveyor I
      Certified Surveyor II
      Speciality Surveyor I - Archaeology and Public Education
      Speciality Surveyor II - Designation of Properties to the State or National Registers
      Speciality Surveyor III - Rock Art Studies
      Certified Laboratory Trainee
     

Certified Laboratory Technician

      Additional Laboratory Credit
      PAAC Scholar
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Laboratory Technician

  1. Prerequisite: Laboratory Trainee Certification

  2. Completion of 40 hours in any one of the following laboratory areas. The duplication of the lab work performed under the Laboratory Trainee module will not be credited under this module (20 hours must be completed under the supervision of an approved archaeologist. The remaining 20 hours may be completed on the student's own time).

    1. Lithics Lab
    2. Ceramics Lab
    3. Historical Materials Lab
    4. Specialty Lab (lab topic must be approved by the PAAC Board)

  3. Report on an approved analysis project

    1. The results must be in written form
    2. The report must be available for class critique

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