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Katelyn McDonough is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon’s College of Arts and Sciences. She directs the Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s Great Basin Archaeology Field School and leads research at the Connley Caves in Oregon. Her work focuses on long-term human-environment interactions, plant use, and prehistoric diets in North America, particularly the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau. She employs archaeobotanical, palynological, and parasitological methods to explore these themes. McDonough collaborates with Indigenous communities, including the Klamath Tribes, on projects like the Traditional Nutrition Project, which integrates ancestral dietary knowledge with modern health initiatives.
Her education includes a B.S. from the University of Oregon (2014) and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University (2021). She advises the Great Basin Archaeology Lab and the Environmental Archaeology and Paleoecology Lab, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to cultural heritage and environmental change.
Key research projects include investigations at Connley Caves (12,500-year occupation history), sediment core analysis at Paulina Marsh, and coprolite studies at Nevada sites like Last Supper Cave. Her work bridges academic research with community engagement, prioritizing Indigenous perspectives and collaborative methodologies.
McDonough has co-edited volumes on stemmed/fluted technologies and contributed to debates on Paleoindian chronology and subsistence strategies. Grants and institutional support underpin her fieldwork and lab-based analyses, reflecting her role as a leading figure in environmental archaeology.
