Mervin Kontrovitz Ph.D. Tulane University, 1971 Hanna Hall 305 (318) 342-1889 FAX 318 342-1879 kontrovitz@ulm.edu

Dr. Mervin Kontrovitz Professor Emeritus of Geosciences Research Taphonomy of microfossils; Ostracodes and archaeological applications: Moat sediments at Tower of London; Ostracoda from Viking/Celtic/Norman moats, Dublin, Ireland; Paleoenvironmental Change at Middle Archaic Sites, N. Louisiana. Service & Outreach Outstanding Professor Award Redesign Committee; College of Arts and Sciences ad hoc committee to advise Dean on faculty workloads; Invited class lectures; Presentations to civic groups on castles; Identifying geological specimens for public; Review for professional journals. Selected Publications & Presentations Tipping, R., A. Davies, A. Dawson, S. Dawson, M. Kontrovitz, D. Smith, E. Tisdall, and A. Tyler, 2003. Impacts of High Relative Sea Levels and Coastal Floods at Old Caerlaverock Castle in and After the 13th Century AD. Historic Scotland, 86 p. Kontrovitz, M., 2003. Ostracods, In: M. Brann, Excavations at Caerlaverock Old Castle. Monograph, Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, p. 23-25. Kontrovitz, M., and M.J. Henry, 2005. Ostracods from moat sediments at Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey, Wales. Archaeology in Wales, 44:200-205.

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