Jacqueline McKinley

Jacqueline McKinley FSA is a British archaeologist and osteoarchaeologist specialising in human remains and cremation burials in particular. She has been a regular contributor to TV programs on archaeology including Time Team and has been a guest on the BBC Radio 4 program The Life Scientific.

Archaeological career

McKinley’s archaeological career began in 1977. She joined Wessex Archaeology in 1993 as a field archaeologist and osteoarchaeologist and went on to become their principal osteoarchaeologist. She is an expert on human remains focussing on cremations including rituals and funeral pyres.[1][2]

She is a founder member of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology and a member of the Advisory Panel on the Archaeology of Burials in England. She was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) in 2009.[3] She is the co-author of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists’ Guidelines to the Standards for Recording Human Remains.[4] She is the author or over 30 archaeological monographs and reports and contributing author to more than 80 book chapters and articles.[5]

Media career

Her broadcasting career began with appearances on Time Team where she became a regular contributor for sites with human remains.[2] She also contributed to other TV archaeology documentaries such as "The Secret Skeletons Beneath Stonehenge".[6] In March 2025 she was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific where she was interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Jacqueline McKinley | Wessex Archaeology". www.wessexarch.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  2. 1 2 "Time Team - Jackie McKinley". www.timeteamdigital.com. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Miss Jacqueline McKinley". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  4. ↑ "Guidelines to the Standards for Recording Human Remains | CIfA". www.archaeologists.net. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  5. ↑ "Library". archaeologydataservice.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  6. ↑ Hoare, Callum (2020-04-30). "Stonehenge breakthrough: How 'very rare' find changed view on monument". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Jacqueline McKinley on unearthing bones and stories at Britain's ancient burial sites". BBC. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
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