Dr. Ross H. Cordy was the branch chief of archaeology in the State of Hawaii's Historic Preservation Division, having headed that office and program for 16 years. He is currently the Humanities Division Chair at the University of Hawaii - West Oahu where he teaches Hawaiian and Pacific Islands studies courses and a few archeology courses. Dr. Cordy is a volunteer archeology instructor for the Waianae High School - Hawaiian Studies Program where he teaches hands on archeology, history and historic preservation issues.

He has conducted research on Hawaiian archaeological and historical topics since 1968. He has done fieldwork throughout the Hawaiian Islands

Hawaiian Islands

The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...

, on all the major Micronesian Islands, and in the Society Islands

Society Islands

The Society Islands are a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. They are politically part of French Polynesia. The archipelago is generally believed to have been named by Captain James Cook in honor of the Royal Society, the sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands;...

, and taught at universities in New Zealand. His writings include more than 80 published articles, books and monographs and numerous manuscript papers on a wide variety of Pacific subjects.

Dr. Cordy was raised in Davis, California

Davis, California

Davis is a city in Yolo County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, and received his BA from University of California-Santa Barbara, MA from University of Michigan and Ph.D from University of Hawaii-Manoa. His sister, Dr. Ann Cordy Ph.D is a textile specialist who has studied Oceanic textiles. His mother, Elizabeth Cordy M.A. was also a textile specialist. Dr. Ross Cordy's father, Dr. Donald R. Cordy was a founding member of the UC-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He chaired the pathology department from 1960 until 1969. His cousin, Alana Cordy-Collins

Alana Cordy-Collins

Alana Kathleen Cordy-Collins is Professor of Anthropology at the University of San Diego. She is an archaeologist whose primary specialization is Peruvian prehistory....

 is an anthropologist and archaeologist who specializes in Peruvian prehistory, and her father was Mayanist Napoleon Cordy

Napoleon Cordy

Hannibal Napoleon David Alfred Thomas Cordy was an amateur scholar in the field of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, who made some notable contributions in the 1930s and 1940s to the early study and decipherment of the Maya script, used by the pre-Columbian Maya of southern Mexico and...

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Some Published works

• An Ancient History of Wai'anae, by Ross H. Cordy, Mutual Publishing, 2002.
• The Rise and Fall of the Oahu Kingdom, by Ross Cordy, Mutual Publishing, 2002.
• Exalted Sits the Chief: The Ancient History of Hawai'i Island, by Ross Cordy, Mutual Publishing, 2000

External links

• University of Hawaii, West Oahu web site
• Unearthing Hawaii’s History – Honolulu Star-Bulletin article