Thomas Fenn
Biographic Data
| ID | 106023 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Fenn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Fenn |
| SIGNATURE | FENN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Were There Double Cremations at the Phaleron Burial Ground in Greece
This article examines cremation deposits containing more than one individual from the Archaic archaeological site of Phaleron (ca. 750–480 BCE), located in Phaleron Delta, Attica, Greece. Our research question focuses on whether these individuals were intentionally burned together and what this practice meant for the individuals involved. To address this inquiry, we reconstructed the biological profiles of the cremated individuals, examining deta…
Chemical and isotopic analyses reconstruct multi-scalar copper circulation networks in West Africa
For the past 50 years, copper sourced from the Akjoujt region has been inferred primarily through the enrichment of arsenic in metal samples from archaeological sites in West Africa. However, arsenic is common to a variety of mineral deposit types and this signature was based on early low-resolution spectroscopic data. Here, we apply lead isotopic and bulk chemical analyses to copper metal and ore samples from the region of Akjoujt, in order to i…
Archaeological applications of lead isotopic analysis to non‐ferrous metals in Africa
Lead isotopic analysis (LIA) has become a powerful tool in archaeology for identifying the geological source, or provenance, of non‐ferrous metals and their alloys. Most applications have historically focused on Europe, but there is also a long, and rapidly expanding, history of LIA application to the archaeological record of Africa. Here we highlight how Africanist archaeologists can apply LIA to understand materials provenance and circulation, …
Quantifying Surplus and Sustainability in the Archaeological Record at the Carthaginian-Roman Urban Mound of Zita, Tripolitania
Cultural ecological theory is applied to a spatially and temporally bounded archaeological data set to document long-term paleoeco-logical processes and associated sociopolitical behaviors. Volumetric excavations, treating the material culture of an archaeological matrix similar to an ecological core, can yield quantifiable frequencies of surplus goods that provide a multiproxy empirical lens into incremental changes in land use practices, natura…
K Preliminary Chemical and Technical Analyses of Essouk Metal Artefacts
In Essouk-Tadmekka Sam Nixon and a team of scholars present the first archaeological exploration of the southern Saharan town of Essouk-Tadmekka, in early Islamic times an important market centre on the trans-Saharan camel-caravan routes linking the Mediterranean and West Africa.
Use of Zanzibar copal (Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn.) as incense at Unguja Ukuu, Tanzania in the 7–8th century CE
Durbi Takusheyi
Durbi Takusheyi is a burial site composed of at least eight mounds located between the modern towns of Katsina and Daura in northern Nigeria. Parts of the mounds were first excavated in 1907 by Herbert Richmond Palmer in cooperation with the Emir of Katsina and later again in 1992 in the course of a German research project under the lead of Dierk Lange, Bayreuth. After the 1992 excavation, the retained blocks were stored in the Jos Museum, Nigeri…
Archaeometallurgy
Archaeometallurgy is an interdisciplinary and international field of study that examines all aspects of the production, use, and consumption of metals from ∼8000 BCE to the present, although this review is restricted to mining and metallurgy in preindustrial societies. Most of this literature was not written with an anthropological readership in mind, but many of its central themes are relevant to some current debates in anthropology. Since the 1…
Family Planning in Burkina Faso
Archaeometallurgy
Archaeometallurgy is an interdisciplinary and international field of study that examines all aspects of the production, use, and consumption of metals from ∼8000 BCE to the present, although this review is restricted to mining and metallurgy in preindustrial societies. Most of this literature was not written with an anthropological readership in mind, but many of its central themes are relevant to some current debates in anthropology. Since the 1…
Use of Zanzibar copal (Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn.) as incense at Unguja Ukuu, Tanzania in the 7–8th century CE
Durbi Takusheyi
Durbi Takusheyi is a burial site composed of at least eight mounds located between the modern towns of Katsina and Daura in northern Nigeria. Parts of the mounds were first excavated in 1907 by Herbert Richmond Palmer in cooperation with the Emir of Katsina and later again in 1992 in the course of a German research project under the lead of Dierk Lange, Bayreuth. After the 1992 excavation, the retained blocks were stored in the Jos Museum, Nigeri…
Quantifying Surplus and Sustainability in the Archaeological Record at the Carthaginian-Roman Urban Mound of Zita, Tripolitania
Cultural ecological theory is applied to a spatially and temporally bounded archaeological data set to document long-term paleoeco-logical processes and associated sociopolitical behaviors. Volumetric excavations, treating the material culture of an archaeological matrix similar to an ecological core, can yield quantifiable frequencies of surplus goods that provide a multiproxy empirical lens into incremental changes in land use practices, natura…
Family Planning in Burkina Faso
Family Planning in Burkina Faso
Durbi Takusheyi
Durbi Takusheyi is a burial site composed of at least eight mounds located between the modern towns of Katsina and Daura in northern Nigeria. Parts of the mounds were first excavated in 1907 by Herbert Richmond Palmer in cooperation with the Emir of Katsina and later again in 1992 in the course of a German research project under the lead of Dierk Lange, Bayreuth. After the 1992 excavation, the retained blocks were stored in the Jos Museum, Nigeri…
Archaeometallurgy
Archaeometallurgy is an interdisciplinary and international field of study that examines all aspects of the production, use, and consumption of metals from ∼8000 BCE to the present, although this review is restricted to mining and metallurgy in preindustrial societies. Most of this literature was not written with an anthropological readership in mind, but many of its central themes are relevant to some current debates in anthropology. Since the 1…
Use of Zanzibar copal (Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn.) as incense at Unguja Ukuu, Tanzania in the 7–8th century CE
K Preliminary Chemical and Technical Analyses of Essouk Metal Artefacts
In Essouk-Tadmekka Sam Nixon and a team of scholars present the first archaeological exploration of the southern Saharan town of Essouk-Tadmekka, in early Islamic times an important market centre on the trans-Saharan camel-caravan routes linking the Mediterranean and West Africa.
Quantifying Surplus and Sustainability in the Archaeological Record at the Carthaginian-Roman Urban Mound of Zita, Tripolitania
Cultural ecological theory is applied to a spatially and temporally bounded archaeological data set to document long-term paleoeco-logical processes and associated sociopolitical behaviors. Volumetric excavations, treating the material culture of an archaeological matrix similar to an ecological core, can yield quantifiable frequencies of surplus goods that provide a multiproxy empirical lens into incremental changes in land use practices, natura…
Archaeological applications of lead isotopic analysis to non‐ferrous metals in Africa
Lead isotopic analysis (LIA) has become a powerful tool in archaeology for identifying the geological source, or provenance, of non‐ferrous metals and their alloys. Most applications have historically focused on Europe, but there is also a long, and rapidly expanding, history of LIA application to the archaeological record of Africa. Here we highlight how Africanist archaeologists can apply LIA to understand materials provenance and circulation, …
Were There Double Cremations at the Phaleron Burial Ground in Greece
This article examines cremation deposits containing more than one individual from the Archaic archaeological site of Phaleron (ca. 750–480 BCE), located in Phaleron Delta, Attica, Greece. Our research question focuses on whether these individuals were intentionally burned together and what this practice meant for the individuals involved. To address this inquiry, we reconstructed the biological profiles of the cremated individuals, examining deta…
Chemical and isotopic analyses reconstruct multi-scalar copper circulation networks in West Africa
For the past 50 years, copper sourced from the Akjoujt region has been inferred primarily through the enrichment of arsenic in metal samples from archaeological sites in West Africa. However, arsenic is common to a variety of mineral deposit types and this signature was based on early low-resolution spectroscopic data. Here, we apply lead isotopic and bulk chemical analyses to copper metal and ore samples from the region of Akjoujt, in order to i…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Excavation (2 works) · Geology (2 works)