 Ms Jennifer F. McKinnon
Bachelor of Arts Florida
Master of Science Florida State
Candidate, Doctor of Philosophy Florida State
Room: 280 Humanities
Phone: (08) 8201 5875
Fax: (08) 8201 2784
Email: jennifer.mckinnon@flinders.edu.au
Research Interests
- Maritime archaeology
- Historical archaeology
- Cultural heritage management
- Spanish colonization and mission systems
- Ship construction
- Lifesaving stations and shipwrecks shelter huts
Recent Publications
List of Publications (PDF)
Current Research
Recently, Jennifer has begun researching South Australia's 19th century shipwreck shelter huts, which provided shelter and food to shipwrecked sailors once they made it ashore. She has turned her focus toward the lifesaving stations located in Florida as well, and hopes to combine these two lines of research to investigate similar sites worldwide.
Currently supervising
- Ben Holtof (MMA): 'Lighthouses of the Limestone Coast'.
- Jessica Berry (MMA): 'Showboat'.
- Brian Williams (MMA): 'The Maple Leaf Identity Project'.
Graduates supervised
- Amanda Hale 2006 (MMA) 'From Snagger to Passenger Cruiser; P.S. Melbourne, a Murray River paddle steamer'.
- Jun Kimura 2006 (MMA) 'Interpreting maritime cultural space through the utilization of GIS: a case study of the spatial meaning of shipwrecks in the coastal waters of South Australia'.
- Zach Woodford 2007 (MMA) 'An archaeological study of the Hecla: a complete wooden ketch from South Australia's Mosquito Fleet'.
- Dianna Zwart 2007 (MMA) 'Causes of shipwrecks: identifying the causes of shipwrecks through the archaeological record'.
Currently Teaching
Jennifer teaches ARCH 8104 Issues in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology, ARCH 8102 Coastal and Underwater Archaeology, ARCH 8103 Maritime Archaeology Field School and ARCH 8108 Ships: Research, Recording and Reconstruction. She is also organizing the Master of Maritime Archaeology classes, which include topics on understanding and drafting ship lines and recording sites using photo mosaics.
Overview
Jennifer McKinnon has been working in the field of archaeology for over ten years working on a number of sites above and below the water. Her interests and experience involve Spanish colonial archaeology sites, specifically Spanish mission sites, landing sites, and shipwrecks. Her research on Spanish sites began in 1997at a 16th century site in St. Augustine, Florida. In 2000 and 2001 she spent two field seasons investigating 17th century Spanish mission sites in Tallahassee, Florida. Also, in summer of 2001 she took a position with the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) in St. Augustine, Florida, where she continued her research on Spanish colonial sites. Her Masters thesis (2002) involved investigations of a 17th century Spanish landing site in the St. Marks River, where goods were offloaded and transported to inland missions. More recently, in 2004 she participated in a survey of 13 Spanish shipwrecks (dated to 1733) off the Florida Keys and an unknown 17th century Spanish shipwreck (Mystery Wreck) off Vaca Key in 2005.
Before commencing as a lecturer at Flinders University, Jennifer worked for two years as a State Underwater Archaeologist for the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research. Prior to her position at the state, she taught courses on cultural anthropology and nautical archaeology at Florida State University and has held several teaching, research and staff assistantships at the university.
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