Michael MacKinnon is Associate Professor of Anthropology at University of Winnipeg. He has worked at more than 30 archaeological sites in Europe, North Africa and Canada. Dr. MacKinnon has authored 2 books and numerous book chapters and articles.

Principal research interests: Zooarchaeology and environmental archaeology; scientific applications in archaeology; Classical Archaeology; archaeology of complex cultures; human osteology and biological anthropology.

Academic summary:

¤ PhD University of Alberta, 1999.
¤ M.A. University of Alberta, 1993.
¤ B.A. University of Toronto, Anthropology Major with Archaeology Specialist, 1991.
¤ B.Sc. University of Toronto, Biology and Psychology, 1989.

Recent Publications:

MacKinnon, M. (2007), “Peopling the Mortuary Landscape of North African Landscape: An Overview of the Human Osteological Evidence.” In D. Stone and L. Stirling (eds.), Mortuary Landscapes of Roman North Africa, pp. 204-240. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

MacKinnon, M. (2007), “State of the Discipline: Osteological Research in Classical Archaeology.” American Journal of Archaeology 111: 473-504.

MacKinnon, M. (2006), “Supplying Exotic Animals for the Roman Amphitheatre Games: New Reconstructions Combining Archaeological, Ancient Textual, Historical and Ethnographic Data.” Mouseion 6: 137-161.

MacKinnon, M. (2004), Animal Production and Consumption in Roman Italy: Integrating the Zooarchaeological and Textual Evidence. Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 54.

MacKinnon, M. (2002), The Excavations of San Giovanni di Ruoti, Volume 3: The Faunal and Plant Remains. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

MacKinnon, M. (2001), “High on the Hog: Linking Zooarchaeological, Literary, and Artistic Data for Pig Breeds in Roman Italy.” American Journal of Archaeology 105(4): 649-673.