Dr. Robert Cook is an archaeologist who focuses on family and political structures in early farming communities, inter-regional interaction and the evolution of social complexity, settlement and landscape archaeology, mortuary analysis, experimental archaeology, public interpretation, Fort Ancient, Mississippians and Ohio Valley prehistory. He is a member of the Faculty Oversight Committee of the Newark Earthworks Center at The Ohio State University. Dr. Cook is a Professor in the Anthropology Department at The Ohio State University.
Dr. Robert Cook is an archaeologist who focuses on family and political structures in early farming communities, inter-regional interaction and the evolution of social complexity, settlement and landscape archaeology, mortuary analysis, experimental archaeology, public interpretation, Fort Ancient, Mississippians and Ohio Valley prehistory. He is a member of the Faculty Oversight Committee of the Newark Earthworks Center at The Ohio State University. Dr. Cook is a Professor in the Anthropology Department at The Ohio State University.
2062 Founders Hall
1179 University Drive
Newark, Ohio 43055
Dr. Robert Cook's CV. 2018. [PDF 254.83 KB]
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Research Interests
- Family and political structures in early farming communities
- Inter-regional interaction and the evolution of social complexity
- Settlement and landscape archaeology
- Mortuary analysis
- Experimental archaeology
- Public interpretation
- Fort Ancient, Mississippians
- Ohio Valley prehistory
Current Graduate Students
Aaron Comstock
Benjamin Cross
Sarah Hinkelman
Thomas Pitkin
Ongoing Newark Earthwork's Center's Research
Indigenous Ohio: OSU and Native Arts and Humanities Past and Present Grant
Research
- "Beyond Squier and Davis: Rediscovering Ohio's Earthworks Using Geophysical Remote Sensing"
- Jarrod Burks and Robert A. Cook, American Antiquity, Cambridge University Press, Vol 76, Issue 4, October 2011, Page 667-689.
- Continuity and Change in the Native American Village | Multicultural Origins and Descendants of the Fort Ancient Culture
- Cambridge University Press. 2017.
- Harvard Peabody Museum Collections
- Dr. Robert Cook, "Ohio archaeological collections, which are currently being cataloged to support the work of visiting researcher and professor Dr. Robert Cook of The Ohio State University."
- Sunwatch: Fort Ancient Development in the Mississippian World
- The University of Alabama Press. 2007.
Awards
- 2014 The Ohio State University at Newark Scholarly Accomplishment Award (tenured category)
- 2013 The Ohio State University at Newark Mentoring of Undergraduate Research Award
- 2013 C. B. Moore Award for Excellence in Southeastern Archaeology (nominated)
- 2011 The Ohio State University at Newark Teaching Excellence Award (nominated)
- 2008 The Ohio State University Mentor Award (nominated)
- 2008 The Ohio State University at Newark Scholarly Accomplishment Award (pre-tenured category)
- 2001 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- 1992 Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Science
- 1991 Golden Key National Honor Society
Member of the Faculty Oversight Committee
Professor of Anthropology | The Ohio State University
cook.426@osu.edu
2062 Founders Hall
1179 University Drive
Newark, Ohio 43055
Dr. Robert Cook's CV. 2018. [PDF 254.83 KB]
Some links on this page are to .pdf files requiring the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader software. If you need the file in a more accessible format, please contact Dr. Robert Cook. If you do not have Reader, you may use the following link to Adobe to download it for free at: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Research Interests
- Family and political structures in early farming communities
- Inter-regional interaction and the evolution of social complexity
- Settlement and landscape archaeology
- Mortuary analysis
- Experimental archaeology
- Public interpretation
- Fort Ancient, Mississippians
- Ohio Valley prehistory
Current Graduate Students
Aaron Comstock
Benjamin Cross
Sarah Hinkelman
Thomas Pitkin
Ongoing Newark Earthwork's Center's Research
Indigenous Ohio: OSU and Native Arts and Humanities Past and Present Grant
Research
- "Beyond Squier and Davis: Rediscovering Ohio's Earthworks Using Geophysical Remote Sensing"
- Jarrod Burks and Robert A. Cook, American Antiquity, Cambridge University Press, Vol 76, Issue 4, October 2011, Page 667-689.
- Continuity and Change in the Native American Village | Multicultural Origins and Descendants of the Fort Ancient Culture
- Cambridge University Press. 2017.
- Harvard Peabody Museum Collections
- Dr. Robert Cook, "Ohio archaeological collections, which are currently being cataloged to support the work of visiting researcher and professor Dr. Robert Cook of The Ohio State University."
- Sunwatch: Fort Ancient Development in the Mississippian World
- The University of Alabama Press. 2007.
Awards
- 2014 The Ohio State University at Newark Scholarly Accomplishment Award (tenured category)
- 2013 The Ohio State University at Newark Mentoring of Undergraduate Research Award
- 2013 C. B. Moore Award for Excellence in Southeastern Archaeology (nominated)
- 2011 The Ohio State University at Newark Teaching Excellence Award (nominated)
- 2008 The Ohio State University Mentor Award (nominated)
- 2008 The Ohio State University at Newark Scholarly Accomplishment Award (pre-tenured category)
- 2001 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- 1992 Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Science
- 1991 Golden Key National Honor Society
