Robert S. Sternberg

Professor

Education
Ph.D. 1982, University of Arizona, geosciences
M.S. 1977, University of Arizona, geosciences
B.S. 1972, Cornell University, engineering physics

Teaching
NTW 117 - Field Studies of the Natural History of the Lower Susquehanna Valley (syllabus); field trip location map
GEO/ENV 114 - Earth, Environment and Humanity (syllabus)
GEO/PHY 237 - Physics of the Earth (syllabus)
GEO/ANT 205 - Archaeometry (syllabus)

Curriculum Vitae
Sternberg CV

Research
Archaeomagnetic secular variation of direction
Archaeomagnetic secular variation of paleointensity
Archaeomagnetic dating
Paleomagnetic studies of clinkers
Geophysical prospection at archaeological sites

Laboratory facilities: F&M Geophysics Lab

Blogs
Seismology (The Shaking Earth)
Archaeometry

Societies
American Geophysical Union

Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
Geological Society of America
Society for American Archaeology
Society for Archaeological Sciences
International Society for Archaeological Prospection
Archaeological Institute of America

Recent and upcoming activities

Geophysical work in North Dakota measuring magnetics over burning coal seams, May 2007 (photos)
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics conference, Perugia, Italy, July 2007
International Symposium on Archaeometry
, Siena, May 2008
Keck Geology Consortium project
at Poggio Colla archaeological field school, Vicchio, Italy, June 2008
Society for American Archaeology
meeting, Atlanta, April 2009
American Geophysical Union
 2009 Joint Assembly, Meeting of the Americas, Toronto, May 2009
International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
conference, Sopron, Hungary, August 2009
American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco, December 2009
Sabbatical at Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalphlege, Munich, Spring, 2010
International Symposium on Archaeometry, Tampa, May 2010
Society for American Archaeology meeting, Sacramento, April 2011
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Melbourne, Australia, 27 June - 8 July, 2011

Contact
office: Kaufman 12
phone: (717) 291-4134
fax: (717) 291-4186
email: Rob.Sternberg@fandm.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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