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I am a geoarchaeologist with more than 15 years of experience in research projects and in technical and knowledge transfer actions. My research deals with the study of past land use and management strategies , and the landscape change derived from them, from an interdisciplinary (Archaeology and Soil Science) perspective. Two further sublines of work stem from this core research: the investigation of anthropogenically driven soil formation and the design and adaptation of soil science methods for archaeological purposes.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cruz Ferro-Vázquez

Citation names

  • Ferro-Vázquez, Cruz

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5D16-F8ED-5275
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2793-1385
Google Scholar ID
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Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 913255701 (Personal)

Addresses

  • ICArEHB-FCHS. Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - History and Archaeology - Archaeology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Galician (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/09/10
Concluded
Master en Estudios Internacionales (Master)
Major in Derecho internacional ambiental
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
"Rethinking resilience: can history become relevant for international environmental policy-making? The long run, political ecology and social metabolism" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006/09/15 - 2010/12/09
Concluded
Doctora en Biología (Doctor)
Major in Soil Science
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
"Caracterización de la podzolización en ambiente boreal, templado y tropical y su influencia en la inmovilización de metales" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2004 - 2006
Concluded
DEA en Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DEA)
Major in Soil Science
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Spain
"Modification of andic properties by agriculture in two soils developed on amphibolite" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1996 - 2001
Concluded
Licenciada en Biología (Graduado)
Major in Environmental Biology
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
"Estudio comparativo de alta resolución en podzoles de Galicia y Suecia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio, Spain
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
2019/05/07 - 2021/11/06 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
2017/01/09 - 2018/01/31 Researcher (Research) University of York Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom
University of York Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom
2015/08/17 - 2017/08/16 Principal Investigator (Research) University of York Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom
University of York Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom
2011/09/16 - 2014/09/15 Principal Investigator (Research) Spanish National research Council-Institute of Heritage Sciences, Spain
Spanish National research Council-Institute of Heritage Sciences, Spain
2008/12/31 - 2011/09/15 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio, Spain
Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio, Spain
2006/09/16 - 2008/09/15 Research Assistant (Research) Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio, Spain
Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/05/07 - Current Fire among anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals as revealed from archaeological microstratigraphic evidence (FLAME)
PTDC/HAR-ARQ/29606/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019 - 2022 Agricultura, comunidad y desierto. Prácticas agrícolas y organización comunitaria en la Atacama prehispánica
HAR2017-87951-R
Researcher
Spanish National research Council-Institute of Heritage Sciences, Spain
Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Ongoing
2017/09/01 - 2018/01/31 The Archaeology of Agricultural Resilience in Eastern Africa (AAREA)
AAREA-ERCStG- 2012-337128
Researcher
University of York Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science
Concluded
2015/08/17 - 2017/08/16 Resistance and Resilience of Ancient Agricultural Soils (tRRACES). Marie Sklodowska–Curie Actions
tRRACES-H2020-MSCA-IF-2014-657355
Principal investigator
University of York Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science
Concluded
2011/09/16 - 2014/09/15 Orígenes y evolución de la configuración del sistema agrario gallego mediante el estudio geoquímico de registros paleoambientales
JAE DOC
Principal investigator
Spanish National research Council-Institute of Heritage Sciences, Spain
Spanish National research Council-Institute of Heritage Sciences
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ferro-Vázquez, C.; Ballesteros Arias, P.; Nóvoa-Muñoz, J.C.; González-Prieto, S.; Martínez-Cortizas, A.. "Origin and evolution of the agricultural landscape in Santiago de compostela from the properties of a polycyclic terraced soil". 357-361. 2013.
Journal article
  1. Jonathan A. Sandor; Gary Huckleberry; Frances M. Hayashida; César Parcero-Oubiña; Diego Salazar; Andrés Troncoso; Cruz Ferro-Vázquez. "Soils in ancient irrigated agricultural terraces in the Atacama Desert, Chile". Geoarchaeology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21834.
    10.1002/gea.21834
  2. C. Ferro-Vázquez; J.C. Nóvoa-Muñoz; J. Klaminder; A. Gómez-Armesto; A. Martínez-Cortizas. "Comparing podzolization under different bioclimatic conditions". Geoderma 377 (2020): 114581-114581. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.geoderma.2020.114581.
    10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114581
  3. Gómez-Armesto, A.; Martínez-Cortizas, A.; Ferro-Vázquez, C.; Méndez-López, M.; Arias-Estévez, M.; Nóvoa-Muñoz, J.C.. "Modelling Hg mobility in podzols: Role of soil components and environmental implications". Environmental Pollution 260 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85078315075&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114040
  4. Taboada, T.; Ferro-Vázquez, C.; Stoops, G.; Martínez-Cortizas, A.; Rodríguez-Flores, R.; Rodríguez-Lado, L.. "Secondary aluminium, iron and silica phases across a volcanic soil climosequence, Galápagos Islands". European Journal of Soil Science 70 3 (2019): 540-549. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065771632&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ejss.12788
  5. Gallello, G.; Ferro-Vázquez, C.; Chenery, S.; Lang, C.; Thornton-Barnett, S.; Kabora, T.; Hodson, M.E.; Stump, D.. "The capability of rare earth elements geochemistry to interpret complex archaeological stratigraphy". Microchemical Journal 148 (2019): 691-701. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85066066212&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.microc.2019.05.050
  6. Cruz Ferro-Vázquez; Joeri Kaal; Francisco Javier Santos Arévalo; Felipe Criado Boado. "Molecular Fingerprinting of14C Dated Soil Organic Matter Fractions from Archaeological Settings in NW Spain". Radiocarbon 61 1 (2018): 101-130. https://doi.org/10.1017%2Frdc.2018.62.
    10.1017/rdc.2018.62
  7. Marchant, R.; Richer, S.; Boles, O.; Capitani, C.; Courtney-Mustaphi, C.J.; Lane, P.; Prendergast, M.E.; et al. "Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: Human and environmental interactions from 6000¿years ago to present". Earth-Science Reviews 178 (2018): 322-378. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042399743&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.12.010
  8. Cruz Ferro-Vázquez; Marta Pérez-Rodríguez; Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz; Jonatan Klaminder; Richard Bindler; Antonio Martínez Cortizas. "Tracing Pb Pollution Penetration in Temperate Podzols". Land Degradation & Development 28 8 (2017): 2432-2445. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2777.
    10.1002/ldr.2777
  9. Ferro-Vázquez, C.; Lang, C.; Kaal, J.; Stump, D.. "When is a terrace not a terrace? The importance of understanding landscape evolution in studies of terraced agriculture". Journal of Environmental Management 202 (2017): 500-513. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85010951353&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.01.036
  10. Teresa Taboada; Luis Rodríguez-Lado; Cruz Ferro-Vázquez; Georges Stoops; Antonio Martínez Cortizas. "Chemical weathering in the volcanic soils of Isla Santa Cruz (Galápagos Islands, Ecuador)". Geoderma 261 (2016): 160-168. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.geoderma.2015.07.019.
    10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.07.019
  11. Lantes-Suárez, O.; Prieto, B.; Prieto-Martínez, M.P.; Ferro-Vázquez, C.; Martínez-Cortizas, A.. "The colour of ceramics from Bell Beaker contexts in NW Spain: Relation to elemental composition and mineralogy". Journal of Archaeological Science 54 (2015): 99-109. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84918771099&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jas.2014.11.032
  12. C. Ferro-Vázquez; J.C. Nóvoa-Muñoz; M. Costa-Casais; J. Klaminder; A. Martínez-Cortizas. "Metal and organic matter immobilization in temperate podzols: A high resolution study". Geoderma 217-218 (2014): 225-234. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.geoderma.2013.10.006.
    10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.10.006
  13. Feal-Pérez, A.; Blanco-Chao, R.; Ferro-Vázquez, C.; Martínez-Cortizas, A.; Costa-Casais, M.. "Late-Holocene storm imprint in a coastal sedimentary sequence (Northwest Iberian coast)". Holocene 24 4 (2014): 477-488. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896056349&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/0959683613520257
  14. Ferro-Vázquez, C.; Martínez-Cortizas, A.; Nóvoa-Muñoz, J.C.; Ballesteros-Arias, P.; Criado-Boado, F.. "1500 years of soil use reconstructed from the chemical properties of a terraced soil sequence". Quaternary International 346 (2014): 28-40. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908030445&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.quaint.2014.03.023
  15. J. KAAL; M. COSTA-CASAIS; C. FERRO-VÁZQUEZ; X. PONTEVEDRA-POMBAL; A. MARTÍNEZ-CORTIZAS. "Soil Formation of “Atlantic Rankers” from NW Spain—A High Resolution Aluminium and Iron Fractionation Study". Pedosphere 18 4 (2008): 441-453. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fs1002-0160%2808%2960035-1.
    10.1016/s1002-0160(08)60035-1