Thomas Jorstad

As the Paleobiology Information Officer, I provide educational assistance for the general public and outside researchers. I organize and archivally conserve the photographic materials in the Department and am creating a digital library pertaining to the Paleobiology collections, exhibits and Departmental history. I coordinate the Department’s education an outreach activities for the general public including the operation of the Paleobiology Training Program.

• M.S., Geology, University of Pittsburgh
• B.S., Geology, Northern Illinois University
• B.A., Anthropology, Northern Illinois University

Journal Article

• Purdy, Barbara A., Jones, Kevin S., Melcholsky, John J., Bourne, Gerald, Hulbert, Richard C., Jr., MacFadden, Bruce J., Church, Krista L., Warren, Michael W., Jorstad, Thomas F., Stanford, Dennis J., Wachowiak, Melvin J., Wachowiak, S., and Speakman, Robert J. 2011. "Earliest Art in the Americas: Incesed Image of a Proboscidean on a Mineralized Extinct Animal Bone from Vero Beach, Florida." Journal of Archaeological Science, 38, (11) 2980–2913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.022.
• Stanley, Daniel J., Jorstad, Thomas F., Bernasconi, Maria Pia, Stanford, Dennis J., and Jodry, Margaret. 2008. "Predynastic human presence discovered by core drilling at the northern Nile delta coast, Egypt." Geology, 36, (8) 599–602. https://doi.org/10.1130/G24803A.1.
• Stanley, Daniel J., Bernasconi, Maria Pia, and Jorstad, Thomas F. 2008. "Pelusium, an ancient port fortress on Egypt's Nile Delta coast: Its evolving environmental setting from foundation to demise." Journal of Coastal Research, 24, (2) 451–462. https://doi.org/10.2112/07A-0021.1.
• Stanley, Daniel J., Carlson, R. W., Van Beek, Gus W., Jorstad, Thomas F., and Landau, E. A. 2007. "Alexandria, Egypt, before Alexander the Great: A multidisciplinary approach yields rich discoveries." GSA Today, 17, (8) 4–10. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAT01708A.1.
• Stanley, Daniel J. and Jorstad, Thomas F. 2006. "Buried Canopic Channel Identified Near Egypt's Nile Delta Coast with Radar (SRTM) Imagery." Geoarchaeology, 21 501–512.
• Stanley, Daniel J., Goddio, F., Jorstad, Thomas F., and Schnepp, G. 2004. "Submergence of ancient Greek cities off Egypt's Nile delta - a cautionary tale." GSA Today, 14 4.
• Stanley, Daniel J. and Jorstad, Thomas F. 2004. "Direct sediment dispersal from mountain to shore, with bypassing via three human-modified channel systems to Lake Annecy, SE France." Journal of Coastal Research, 20, (4) 958–969.
• Stanley, Daniel J. and Jorstad, Thomas F. 2002. "Iron-coated quartz as a provenance and paleoclimatic marker in the Rhône Delta, France." Journal of Coastal Research, 18, (4) 712–729.
• Stanley, Daniel J., Giovanni, Randazzo, and Jorstad, Thomas F. 2001. "Iron-stained quartz as record of recent reworking of older sediment by natural and anthropogenic processes, Rio Grande Delta, Texas." Journal of Coastal Research, 17, (3) 584–598.
• Stanley, Daniel J., Hait Arghya K, and Jorstad, Thomas F. 2000. "Iron-stained quartz to distinguish Holocene deltaic from Pleistocene alluvial deposits in small core samples." Journal of Coastal Research, 16, (2) 357–367.
• Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Potts, Richard, Plummer, T., Tauxe, L., Opdyke, N., and Jorstad, Thomas F. 1995. "The Pleistocene Locality of Kanjera, Western Kenya - Stratigraphy, Chronology and Paleoenvironments." Journal of Human Evolution, 29, (3) 247–274.
• East, T., Adovasio, James M., Donahue, J., Jorstad, Thomas F., and Carlisle, Ronald C. 1983. "Identification and Evaluation of Some Archaeological Sites in Parts of McKenzie, Billings and Golden Valley Counties, North Dakota." North Dakota History, 50, (2) 23–31.

Book

• Stanley, Daniel J., Bandelli, A., Bernasconi, Maria Pia, and Jorstad, Thomas F. 2007. Geoarchaeology, Underwater Archaeology in the Canopic Region in Egypt. Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Oxbow.

Book Chapter

• Stanley, Daniel J. and Jorstad, Thomas F. 2005. "Submergence of ancient coastal settlements by mass failure processes." In Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences. Lombaerts, F., Schnellmann, M., and Solheim, A., editors. 79–80. Abstracts and Proceedings of the Geological Society of Norway.
• Potts, Richard, Jorstad, Thomas F., and Cole, Daniel G. 1996. "The Role of GIS in the Interdisciplinary Investigations of Olorgesailie, Kenya, a Pleistocene Archaeological Locality." In Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems. Aldenderfer, Mark and Maschner, Herbert D. G., editors. 202–213. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Potts, Richard, Jorstad, Thomas F., and Cole, Daniel G. 1996. "The role of GIS in interdisciplinary investigations at Olorgesailie, Kenya, a Pleistocene archeological locality." In Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems. Aldenderfer, Mark and Maschner, Herbert D. G., editors. 202–213. New York: Oxford University Press.