Papers by Peter Fink-Jensen
Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 2018
Fisheries Research, 2022
Capelin (Mallotus villosus) is a marine fish species that spawns along the shorelines of Greenlan... more Capelin (Mallotus villosus) is a marine fish species that spawns along the shorelines of Greenlandic fjords during late spring/early summer, but its migration patterns from hatching to spawning are largely unknown. This prohibits optimal fisheries advice and management of the stock. In this study, we examine spatial population structure through the lifetime of capelin in West Greenland using otolith microchemistry of 421 individual fish, caught while spawning at 16 different localities. In order to investigate the life-time residency of each fish, otolith core-to-edge measurements of Ba, Li, and Pb concentrations are classified to either of two West Greenland regions (north/south of ~68 N). Classifications suggest that West Greenland capelin reside mostly within one region throughout their life. Secondly, examination of Pb profiles indicate local residency on a smaller geographical scale. Otolith Pb levels, which most likely reflect bioavailable Pb derived from local geological and ...
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2017
Reports is aimed at archaeologists and scientists engaged with the application of scientific tech... more Reports is aimed at archaeologists and scientists engaged with the application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology. The journal focuses on the results of the application of scientific methods to archaeological problems and debates of wide interest. It provides a forum for reviews and scientific debate of issues in scientific archaeology and their impact in the wider subject. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports publishes papers of excellent archaeological science. Case studies, reviews, and short papers are welcomed where an established or new scientific technique sheds light on archaeological questions and debates. The research must be demonstrably contextualised within national and/or international contexts. The application of analytical techniques must be underpinned by clear archaeological or methodological research questions and set within established and/or developing research frameworks. Submission of papers focused around the analysis of single or small numbers/groups of objects is strongly discouraged, unless of exceptional quality and international significance. Datasets must be statistically robust.
GEUS Bulletin
Fish otoliths, also called ear stones or statoliths, are calcified structures functioning as move... more Fish otoliths, also called ear stones or statoliths, are calcified structures functioning as movement and equilibrium indicators in the inner ear of fish (Fig. 1). From hatching to death these structures grow incrementally, with new material accreted daily (Pannella 1971) in successive layers of protein (1–8%, Degens et al. 1969) and calcium carbonate. The accretion rate of otoliths varies with fish growth, and in temperate species it is usually lowest during the winter season (Hüssy et al. 2010). This results in concentric growth resembling the ringed structure in trees (Fig. 1D), enabling the use of dendrochronological techniques to approximate the age and growth history of fish. During growth, certain elements are incorporated into the otolith structure, some associated with proteins and some with the calcium carbonate component (Thomas et al. 2017), supplying a valuable record of different aspects in fish life history and serving as a potential environmental record. Previous stu...
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2017
While the use of Egyptian blue (EB) as the earliest artificial pigment was common amongst ancient... more While the use of Egyptian blue (EB) as the earliest artificial pigment was common amongst ancient Mediterranean cultures throughout Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and the Roman Empire, little is known about ancient production centres and the sources of raw materials. Variations in lead isotope (LI) ratios can be useful for fingerprinting the geological sources of copper metal, which has the potential to indicate local production or importation. This method is here applied to copper- and silica-rich EB pigments in order to investigate the provenance of the copper component. The investigated EB pigments were sampled from nine ancient artefacts of Egyptian, Etruscan, Canosan, and Roman origin (dating from between the 5th century BCE to the early 1st century CE) that are part of the archaeological collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (NCG), Denmark. For the first time, copper isotope analysis was also applied to EB pigments to facilitate future studies of copper isotopes in such materials. Variations in copper isotopes hold the potential to complement lead isotope-based provenance considerations. The lead isotope data (LID) of the investigated EB pigments were compared to reference LID of copper minerals of European, Near and Middle Eastern, and North African ores that have been exploited at a time relevant for the studied EB pigments. In support of (i) a previously postulated scenario where the import of copper for producing EB dominated over the use of local resources (Shortland, 2006) and (ii) consistent with the preference for lead isotope-based exclusion of unlikely sources rather than the determination of certain provenance, copper ore deposits pertaining to Egyptian and Italian LI fields show no significant overlap with the LID of the studied EB pigments. Instead, we propose that copper sourced from various European (Aegean, Balkan, Iberian, Central European) deposits potentially supplied the production of the studied EB pigments. For example, (i) the studied Egyptian EB pigments show no overlap with Egyptian copper, but instead with Aegean sources; (ii) based on the highly variable copper provenance of the studied Etruscan EB pigments, we tentatively propose that this might argue for the importation of copper raw materials and a subsequent local production in Etruria, analogous to previously reported Etruscan glass production; (iii) we propose that Iberian copper was used for local EB production at a time when the known large-scale EB production facilities in the Bay of Naples were already active. While the testimony of ancient trade in EB is a difficult topic to unravel, the potential copper sources involved in producing EB pigments of the few investigated archaeological artefacts suggests that a few (EB) pigment workshops/production centres were highly actively trading raw materials and/or manufactured EB pigments with several different Mediterranean civilizations. Many EB pigment producing workshops and distribution sites may have existed throughout the Mediterranean facilitating a highly complex and diverse network of trade in this widely distributed ancient pigment.
Reports by Peter Fink-Jensen
In Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 58: 39-103, 2017
In Annual of the Department of Antiquities in Jordan, 58: 11-37, 2017
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