Archaeological Technician

LEON NATKER, RPA

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Rio Rancho, NM 87144

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Education

Eastern New Mexico University, MA Applied Archaeology/Anthropology

University of New Mexico, MA Museum Studies with Distinction

Roosevelt University, Chicago, Ill. B.G.S. Communications

Honors, Awards, and Scholarships

2017 Phi Kappa Phi, National Graduate Honor Society

2017 ENMU Student Senate Research Grant

2016 William Lipe Graduate Research Grant

2016 Lamda Alpha, National Honor society for Anthropology

2016 Stephen R. Durand Anthropology Graduate Scholarship

2016 First Place, 42nd annual Student Research Conference, Eastern New Mexico University

2013 S & J Tom Family Foundation Scholarship

2008 Donald and Darlene Shiley Achievement award for excellence in Theater, San Diego, Ca.

2005 San Diego Magazine 50 people to watch in 2005

2005 Special Commendation San Diego City Council

2005 Special Commendation State of California Sen

Employment History

2017-2018 Archaeological Technician, TRC Solutions, Albuquerque

2016 – 2017 Lab Tech, ENMU, typing existing teaching collections for the ceramics

Lab

2016 Archaeology Internship, Coronado State Monument-Historic preservation

and reconstruction on the Kuaua Pueblo, curation of exhibits, and leading

interpretive tours of the Kuaua Pueblo.

2015 - 2017 Collections Technician, Blackwater Draw Museum– general accessioning, cataloguing, and curation of museum collections including artifacts for display and archaeological research collections.

2015 Coordinator, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps – preservation/conservation crews at Bandelier National Monument and Ghost Ranch Historic Site, New Mexico

2014-2015 Development Officer, Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque Balloon Museum; grant writing, strategic planning

2014 Field Research Assistant, Montezuma Castle Preservation and Stabilization Project, University of New Mexico

1995 – 2011 Director – Lyric Opera San Diego

CEO reporting to the Board of Directors: responsible for choosing all repertoire, engaging artistic personnel, supervision of productions, budget preparation, long range planning, fundraising and grant writing.

In 2002 I led the successful $8 million capital campaign for the renovation and purchase of the historic North Park Theatre, both a State of California and City of San Diego historic landmark.

In 2006 I developed and instituted a full-time summer academy for middle and high school students providing scholarships to underserved low-income communities in San Diego.

Additional Field Projects

2016 Excavator and Site Photographer, Arena Alta, ENMU project, Kathy

Durand, supervisor

2015 Coordinator/Supervisor, Bandelier National Monument – Historic Preservation Crew, rebuilding the Tyuonyi Pueblo

2014 Excavator, Gila River, Heart Bar Ranch test excavation, New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish, Jack Young supervisor

2014-15 Surveyor, Rio Chama Survey, New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish, Jack Young supervisor

2013 Excavator, Chaco Research Excavation – UNM, W.H. Wills and Patricia Crown, supervisors

2013 Excavator and Site Photographer, Yangguanzhai Field Research Project, Shaanxi, China, Dr. Ye Wa Director

Museum Projects

2015 Co-Curator, Sa-e-yama, The Power of Brass in the Kingdom of Benin, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

2015 Collections Management, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Jack Young, supervisor

2015 Research Assistant, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM, ceramic conservation lab, Landis Smith, supervisor

2014 Co-Curator, Earth, Fire and Life: Six Thousand years of Chinese Ceramics. China Then and Now, on line exhibit http://www.unm.edu/~toh/china/index.html, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, David Phillips, curator

Papers and Presentations

2018 Katsinam, Clouds, and Kivas: Evidence of the Katsina Culture at

Chaco Canyon. Archaeological Society of New Mexico.

2018 Sherds vs. Shards: A Beginners Guide to Ceramic Analysis. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2017 Chupadero Black-on-white: Communities of Practice, Kinship and Modes of Production, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2017 Hanfu: A Search for Ethnic Identity in China’s Millennial Generation. Student Research Conference at Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico.

2017 Chupadero Black-on-white: Communities of Practice, Kinship and the Chacoan Zeitgeist. Archaeological Society of New Mexico.

2017 Chupadero Black-on-white: Communities of Practice and Identity at the

Hiner Ruin. Albuquerque Archaeological Society.

2017 Using GIS to Verify and Analyze Uncorroborated Data, Graduate Education Day, New Mexico Legislature, Santa Fe.

2017 Chupadero Black-on-white: Communities of Practice, Identity, and

Memory. SAA, 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.

2016 Chupadero Black-on-white: Communities of Practice and Expression at the Hiner Ruin. Pottery Southwest 32:4 pp. 8-26.

2016 Chupadero Black-on-white: Production and Exchange in the

Jornada Mogollon. 19th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference,

University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

2016 Chaco Canyon Small Sites: Poor Relations or Equal Partners. Student Research Conference at Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico.

Research Interests

Southwest Archaeology and Ethnography, Ceramics, Chinese Archaeology, Materiality, Ritual, Historic Preservation.

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