b'PeopleNewsGeophysical Union and various Stanfordsites in southern Mexico, SheldonWellington, New Zealand. Knowing it to and local community associations. discovered scores of ancient artefacts,be his first time in that city I thought I In what he must have thought was fun,including two enormous basalt heads,would show him the sights but he said and a break from the world of corporateone of which weighed about 10 tons. Theyit was not necessary as he had run the business, Sheldon used his personalwere madeduring the Olmec civilization,entire perimeter of Wellington Harbour expertise with more sensitive rubidiumwhich thrived as early as 1200 BCE. before he had breakfast.magnetometers to help archaeologicalSheldon was an explorationist in theSee also another obituary in the prestigious expeditions around the world. Forway that we geophysicists know theNew York Times of 1 November 2019 example, he joined researchers lookingterm, but he was also an explorer in thehttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/for the wreckage of galleons off thesense of a first-time discoverer. Indeed,science/sheldon-breiner-dead.html and a coasts of California and Mexico, and hebecause of his many explorations,7 plus page article in the Leading Edge of helped discover buried ruins that manyhe was, by invitation, a Fellow of theApril 1984 titled Sheldon Breiner, Merlin of archaeologists believe were part of Sybaris,Explorers Club of New York. Magnetics.an ancient city in Calabria, southern Italy. His physical fitness as a participator in In 1968, on an expedition to San Lorenzomarathons was apparent to me whenRoger Henderson Tenochtitlan, a group of archaeologicalI was with him on a business trip torogah@tpg.com.auDECEMBER 2019 PREVIEW 18'