Faculty and Staff Information

Carlos Cordova

Associate Professor
Ph.D., The University of Texas, 1997

Address:
Oklahoma State University
Department of Geography
Stillwater, OK 74078-4073

Office: 226 Scott Hall

Phone: 405/744-9174 or 405/744-6250
Fax: 405/744-5620

Email: carlos.cordova@okstate.edu

Personal Webpage

AREAS OF INTEREST

Geomorphology
Geoarchaeology
Middle East and Black Sea Regions, the North American Great Plains

Quaternary Palynology

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Geography, University of Texas, 1997
M.A. Conservation of Natural Resources, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1991
B.A. Geography, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, 1988

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 2003-Present

Research Consultant, TRC-Mariah Associates, Austin Texas, 1996-1997

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 1997-2003
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin, 1992-1993
Lecturer, National School of Anthropology and History in Mexico City, 1987-1991

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Articles and Chapters

"Mediterranean agriculture in south-western Crimea.  Paleo-enviroments and early adaptations." In Beyond the Steppe and the Sown (Colloquia    Pontica 13), ed. D.L. Peterson, L.M. Popova and A.T. Smith. 425-447.2006.

“Sand dune morphology and stability along a bioclimatic gradient in north-central and northwestern Oklahoma.” Great Plains Research, 15, 227-      250.  2005 (with J.C. Porter, K. Lepper, R. Kalchgruber, and G. Scott).

"The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment." In A Companion to the Ancient Near East. Ed. D.C. Snell. 109- 125. London:            Blackwell.   2005.   

“Landforms, sediments, soil development and prehistoric site settings in the Madaba-Dhiban Plateau, Jordan.” Geoarchaeology, 20, 29-56, 2005 (with C. Foley, A. Nowell, and M. Bisson). 

“Holocene environmental change in southwestern Crimea (Ukraine) in pollen and soil records”, The Holocene, 15, 263-277 (with P.H. Lehman).

"Achaeopalynology of Synanthropic Vegetation in the Chora of Chersonesos, Ukraine,"  Journal of Archaeological Science, 30, 1483-1501, 2003 (with P.H. Lehman).

"The Early Neolithic Site of Ayn Abū Nukhayla, Southern Jordan,"  Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 330, 1-320, 2003 (co-author with Henry, D.O., C. Cordova, J. J. White, R. M. Dean, J. E. Beaver, H. Ekstrom, S. Kadowaki, J. McCorriston, A. Nowell, and L. Scott-Cummins).

"Reconstructing Environmental History,"  in Mc-Graw Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology, 2003.

"Vegetation Patterns and Conservation Issues in Southern Crimea,"  Post-Soviet Geography and Economics 42(5) 49-72, 2001  (with A. Rybak and P. Lehman).

"Geomorphological Evidence of Intense Prehistoric Soil Erosion in the Highlands of Central Jordan", Physical Geography 21 (6) 538-567, 2000.

"Holocene Landscape Transformation in southwestern Crimea: Research Problems, Methodology, and Preliminary Results." In Ukraina to Globalni Protsesy: Geografichny Vymir, ed. by the Ukrainian Geographical Society, pp. 178-183, Kiv-Lutsk: Vezha, 2000 (In English with summary in Ukrainian).

"Investigation of the Early Neolithic Site of Ain Abu Nekheileh (J701), 1999 Season." Neo-Lithics: A Newsletter of Southwest Asian Lithics Research, 3. Berlin: Ex-Oriente.

“Geoarchaeology of Alluvial Deposits and Soils in the Wadi Systems of Northern Moab,” in P.M. Bikai and V. Egan, “Archaeology in Jordan” American Journal of Archaeology, 103(3)488-489 (1999).

Landscapes Transformation in the Mediterranean-Steppe Transition Zone of Jordan: A Geoarchaeological Approach. The Arab World Geographer, 2 (3)182-201 (1999).

"Paleolandforms and Volcanic Impact on the Environment of Prehistoric Cuicuilco, Southern Mexico City." Journal of Archaeological Science 21 (1994) 586-596. 1994. (with Martin del Pozo, A.L. and Lpez-Camacho, J.).

"The Geomorphological map of Mexico at scale 1:4'000 000." Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie [Annals of Geomorphology]. Suplement 103, pp. 313-322. April 1996, Berlin. (with Jose Lugo).

"Geoarchaeology of an Aztec Dispersed Village." Geoarchaeology. An International Journal 12 (3). 1997 (with Jeffrey Parsons).

Los asentamientos prehispanicos y el medio cambiante del sureste de la Cuenca de Mexico. [Pre-Hispanic settlements and the changing environments of the Southeastern Basin of Mexico]. In Medio Ambiente, Agricultura e Industria en la Cuenca de Mexico: Varios Siglos de Transformaciones, ed. A. Tortolero-Villasenor, pp. 49-68. Mexico City: Centre Francais d'Etudes Mexicaines et Centramericaines (1996) (with M. Hodge and C. Frederick).

Volcanic Impact on the Southern basin of Mexico during the Holocene, Quaternary International 43-44(1) (1997)(with A.L. Martin Del Pozzo, and J. Lopez).

Books and Monographs

CORDOVA, C.E. Millennial Landscape Change in Jordan: Geoarchaeology and Cultural  Ecology. University of Arizona Press. Forthcoming.

"Geomorfologia para estudiantes de Arqueologia" [Geomorphology for Archaeology students], 1993, Mexico City: Escuela Nacional de   Antropologia  e Historia, 178 pp.

"Como acercarse a la geografia" [How to approach geography], 1993, Mexico City: Limusa-Consejo de la Cultura y las Artes, and Fondo Editorial de Queretaro, 91 pp.

AWARDS

2002    ASFC Junior Faculty Award for Scholarly Excellence.  Oklahoma State University.

1995    Summer Research Travel Award.  EBR/American Schools of Oriental Research.

1994    University of Texas Dissertation Writing Fellowship 1994-1995.

1993    E.D. Farmer Fellowship for Doctoral Students doing Research in Latin America 1993-1994.

1991    DGAPA-UNAM Scholarship for Graduate Studies Abroad.  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México  1991-1995.

1988    Gabino Barreda Medal.  Undergraduate Award.  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

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