natalie hill

* Worked on and maintained database for professors in Filemaker, organized field notes and paperwork from research * Formatted and edited bibliographies for papers submitted to journals * Performed literature reviews and created bibliographies of sources for professors’ research

* Conducted field surveys at a number of Archaic, Puebloan, Jicarilla Apache, Ute, Comanche, and Catholic sites in the Rio Grande Gorge under the direction of Dr. Severin Fowles * Created maps by operating a Leica total station, created schematic maps with a Brunton compass and Garmin GPS, and identified and drew petroglyph panels, lithics, and pot sherds * Conducted research at site Houses of the Holy (LA 102342) for undergraduate thesis * Maintained petroglyph database and created artifact database for the Gorge Project using File Maker Pro

* Helped students at the circulation desk with books and media * Sorted, shelved, and categorized reserve, circulating, and media collections using the Library of Congress Classification System * Aided students in using the libraries resources and databases to find appropriate sources

* Assisted on research being conducted by Dr. Adam Watson, Post-Doctoral Fellow in North American Archaeology * Analyzed and photographed ground stone artifacts from Pueblo Benito at Chaco Canyon * Conducted PXRF analysis on pigment stones and stained ground stone artifacts * Conducted use wear analysis study of bone tools from Pueblo Benito using a Scanning Electron Microscope * Aiding in the creation of a use wear database for bone tools based on the analysis performed * Participated in experimental making of bone tools and using bone tools on various types of animal hide and plant matter as a comparative use wear sample

* Excavated a late 17th/early 18th century Seneca village at the White Springs Site (NYSM 1952) under the direction of Kurt Jordan * Excavated post mold features and other bounded and horizon features from Seneca Era deposits * Plan mapped floor contexts, mapped profiles of features excavated, took soil samples, extracted flotation samples, and preformed shovel tests * Washed and catalogued artifacts in lab

Activities and Societies: Sapient: The Undergraduate Journal of Biological Anthropology: Editor, Social Media; Columbia University Archeology Circle: On-Campus Programs Chair; McIntosh Activities Council: Networking Chair; Columbia Swing Dance Club: Secretary; The Barnard Bulletin: Feature Writer