Robbyn McKellop is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma and a PhD student at UGA. She was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, where she received both her BGS and MA in Anthropology from Wichita State University. For her master’s thesis, McKellop explored ceramic reproduction using both experimental and archaeometric methods such as X-ray diffraction (XRD) and portable X-ray fluorescence (p-XRF) to identify calcium polymorphs in mussel shell as a tempering agent and how it interacts with montmorillonite clay from the Lower Walnut River in Cowley County, Kansas. As an archaeologist, she is particularly interested in contributing to and increasing the awareness of Indigenous perspectives in archaeology through collaboration-based research. Research Research Areas: Archaeology Research Interests: Ceramic analysis Raw materials Experimental archaeology Bayesian radiocarbon dating Indigenous archaeology Collaboration-based research Education Education: Master of Arts in Anthropology, Wichita State University Thesis: Experiments in Ceramic Archaeometrics: Using XRD and P-XRF to Identify Calcium Polymorphs and Clay Raw Materials for Ceramic Reproduction Bachelors of General Studies in Anthropology with Honors, Wichita State University
