Dr. Iain McKechnie

Associate professor

Anthropology

Accepting graduate students

Contact:: Office: Cornett B246a iim@uvic.ca 250-721-7351

Credentials:: PhD (UBC)

Area of expertise:: Coastal archaeology, historical ecology, Northwest coast, zooarchaeology

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Bio

Dr. McKechnie is an associate professor of Anthropology at the University of Victoria. His research interests include coastal archaeology, historical ecology, and zooarchaeology. He conducts research and teaches undergraduate courses and graduate seminars on the role of archaeological data in upholding Indigenous knowledge, marine conservation, and the practice of archaeology. His collaborative research has been supported by multiple First Nations, Parks Canada, the Natural Science and Social Science Research Councils of Canada (NSERC & SSHRC), Mitacs, the Hakai Institute, and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. Peer reviewed emerging from this research have garnered media coverage in local, international and Indigenous news outlets, as well as in educational modules in primary and secondary schools in British Columbia.

Dr. McKechnie is currently the director of the , a group of graduate students and researchers engaged with Indigenous communities on topics related to heritage management, environmental policies, and climate change. He also directs the UVic Zooarchaeology Lab, a long-established animal bone lab that has more than 2,980 animal skeletons from 671 species which enable osteological identification of animal bones recovered from archaeological sites.

Dr. McKechnie maintains affiliate scholar positions with the , the and is helping to co-organize the next (ICAZ) conference in Vancouver in 2027 and the next in Victoria in summer 2026. Iain holds a in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, an in Archaeology from Simon Fraser University, and a BA in Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Interests

coastal archaeology
zooarchaeology
historical ecology
Northwest coast
fisheries

Courses

ANTH 240 Archaeology
ANTH 340 Archaeology of British Columbia
ANTH 343 Archaeological Field Techniques
ANTH 442/520B Marine Historical Ecology
ANTH 551/651 Seminar in Ecology and Evolution

Current projects

Zooarchaeology laboratory

Publications

2024 – Salomon, A. & I. McKechnie. . Annual Review of Marine Science 17.
2024 – Hillis, D., K. Barclay, E. Foster, H. Kobluk, T. Vollman, A. Salomon, C. Darimont, & I. McKechnie. . Facets 9(1):1-15
2024 – Beaty, F., P. Domínguez-Sánchez, K. Bear Nalven, J. Palacios-Abrantes, K. Oken, N. Ban, K. Nickols, F. Juanes, T. Okey, A. Spalding, H. Morzaria-Luna, L. Jenkins, V. Tulloch &, I. McKechnie. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 121(25):e2306991121.
2023 - Salomon, A. K., D. K. Okamoto, B. J. Wilson (Kii7iljuus), T. Happynook (hiininaasim), Wickaninnish, A. Mack (wiicuckum), A. Davidson (Skil Hiilans), Guujaaw Gidansda, H. L. Humchitt (Wigvilhba Wakas), T. Happynook (Mexsis), C. Cox (Weiwimtaeek), F. Gillette (Hyuuštulth), S. Christiansen (N’yasim), D. Dragon, H. M. Kobluk, L. Lee, M. T. Tinker, J. J. Silver, D. Armitage, I. McKechnie, A. MacNeil, D. Hillis, E.-K. Muhl, E. J. Gregr, C. J. C. Commander, and A. Augustine. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378:20220196
2023 - Salmen-Hartley, J., and I. McKechnie. . Arctic Anthropology 59:87–105
2023 - Lin, A. T., L. Hammond-Kaarremaa, H.-L. Liu, C. Stantis, I. McKechnie, M. Pavel, S. sa'hLa mitSa Pavel, S. Sen̓áḵw Wyss, R. P. Xweliqwiya Bolton, D. Morsette, D. qwasen Sparrow, E. Kwulasultun White, K. Carr, S. G. Aninta, A. Perri, J. Hartt, A. Bergström, A. Carmagnini, S. Charlton, L. Dalén, T. R. Feuerborn, C. France, S. Gopalakrishnan, V. Grimes, A. Harris, G. Kavich, B. N. Sacks, M.-H. S. Sinding, P. Skoglund, D. W. G. Stanton, E. A. Ostrander, G. Larson, C. G. Armstrong, L. A. F. Frantz, M. T. R. Hawkins, and L. Kistler. . Science 382:1303–1308
2023 - Darimont, C. T., R. Cooke, M. L. Bourbonnais, H. M. Bryan, S. M. Carlson, J. A. Estes, M. Galetti, T. Levi, J. L. Maclean, I. McKechnie, P. C. Paquet, and B. Worm. . Communications Biology 6:609
2023 - Crabtree, S. A., J. G. Kahn, R. Jackson, S. A. Wood, I. McKechnie, P. Verhagen, J. K. Earnshaw, P. V. Kirch, J. A. Dunne, and A. Dugmore. 2023. . Global Environmental Change 78:102597.
2022 - Campos, A. A., C. D. Bullen, E.J. Gregr, I. McKechnie, & K.M.A. Chan. 2022. . Nature Communications 13:3674.
2022 - Gustas, R. H., I. McKechnie, Q. Mackie, and C. T. Darimont. 2022. . Advances in Archaeological Practice 10:200–214.
2022 - Hillis, D., R. Gustas, D. Pauly, W. W. L. Cheung, A. K. Salomon, and I. McKechnie. 2022. . Environmental Biology of Fishes
2022 - Reeder-Myers, L. A., T. J. Braje, C. A. Hofman, E. A. Elliot Smith, C. Garland, M. A. Grone, C. Hadden, M. Hatch, T. Hunt, A. Kelley, M. J. LeFebvre, I. McKechnie, I. J. McNiven, B. Newsom, T. Pluckhahn, G. M. Sanchez, M. Schwadron, K. Y. Smith, T. Smith, A. Spiess, G. Tayac, T. Vollman, E. M. Weitzel, and T. C. Rick. 2022. . Nature Communications 13:2383.
2022 – Duffield, S. J. Walkus, E. White, I. McKechnie, Q. Mackie, D. McLaren. American Antiquity 87(1):168-183.
2022– Slade, E., I. McKechnie, A.K. Salomon . Ecosystems 25:548–566.
2021 – Henson, L.H., N. Balkenhol, R. Gustas, M. Adams, J. Walkus, W.G. Housty, A. Vik Stronen, J. Moody, C. Service, D. Reece, B. VonHoldt, I. McKechnie, B.F. Koop, C.T. Darimont. . Ecology and Society 26.(3).
2021 – Bullen, C., A. Campos, E. Gregr, I. McKechnie, K.M.A. Chan. . Global Ecology and Biogeography
2021 – DeRoy, B.C., V. Brown, C.N. Service, M. Leclerc, C. Bone, I. McKechnie, C.T. Darimont. . Facets 6(1):465–489.
2020 – Duffield, S., I. McKechnie, D. St. Claire, & D. McLaren. . The Midden 5(2):34–37.
2020 – Hillis, D., I. McKechnie, E. Guiry, D. St. Claire, & C. T. Darimont. . Scientific Reports 10:15630.
2020 – McKechnie, I., M. L. Moss, and S. J. Crockford. 2020. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 60:101209.
2018 – Martindale, A., G.T. Cook, Iain McKechnie, K. Edinborough, I. Hutchinson, M. Eldridge, K. Supernant, and K.M. Ames. . American Antiquity 83(4):659–680.
2018 – Salomon, A. K., K. Lertzman, K. Brown, B. J. Wilson (Kii7iljuus), D. Secord &, Iain McKechnie. . Ecology and Society 23(1)
2018 - Rodrigues, AT; Iain McKechnie, & DY Yang . PLoS ONE 13 (2), e0192716
2017 – (Armstrong, C. G., A.C. Shoemaker, I. McKechnie, et al.) . PloS One 12(2): e0171883.
2016 – (Iain McKechnie and Madonna L. Moss) . Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.04.006.
Ethnobiology Letters. 6(2):218-223. DOI: 10.14237/ebl.6.2.2015.556
2015 – . BC Studies (187):191–225.
2015 – (with Alan D. McMillan) . BC Studies (187):3–20.
2015 – (Gerald Singh, Iain McKechnie, Todd Braje & Breana Campbell) “. Journal of Archaeological Science 63(11):160–163.
2015 – (Iain McKechnie, Gerald Singh, Todd Braje & Breana Campbell) . Journal of Archaeological Science 58(6):184–186.
2015 – (Gerald Singh & Iain McKechnie) . Journal of Archaeological Science 58(6):175–183.
2014 – (Iain McKechnie, Dana Lepofsky, Madonna L. Moss, Virginia L. Butler, Trevor J. Orchard, Gary Coupland, Fredrick Foster, Megan Caldwell & Ken Lertzman) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 111(9):E807–E816.
2013 – (with Nicole Smith) . SAA Current Research Online 153(1).
2012 – (Paul Szpak, Trevor Orchard, Iain McKechnie & Darren Gröcke) . Journal of Archaeological Science 39(5):1553–1571.
2012 – (Camilla Speller, Lorenz Hauser, Dana Lepofsky, Daniel Peterson, Jason Moore, Antonia Rodriguez, Madonna Moss, Iain McKechnie & Dongya Y. Yang) . PLoS ONE 7(11):e51122.
2012 – . In Huu7ii: Household Archaeology at a Nuu-chah-nulth Village Site in Barkley Sound, edited by Alan D. McMillan and Denis E. St. Claire, pp. 154–186. Archaeology Press, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.
2011 – (with Rebecca Wigen) . In Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters: Integrating Archaeology and Ecology in the Northeast Pacific, edited by Todd J. Braje and Torben C. Rick, pp. 129–166. University of California Press, Berkeley.
2011 – (Quentin Mackie, Daryl W. Fedje, Duncan McLaren, Nicole Smith & Iain McKechnie) . In Trekking the Shore: Changing Coastlines and the Antiquity of Coastal Settlement, edited by N. F. Bicho, J. A. Haws and L. G. Davis, pp. 51–103. Springer, New York.
2011 – (with Sarah W. Kansa) . SAA Archaeological Record 11(1):10–29.

2015 – co-edited with Alan D. McMillan . BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly (vol. 187).
2015 – co-edited with Sarah W. Kansa and Steve Wolverton . Ethnobiology Letters 6(2)222–284.

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