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DOCUMENT Citation Only Carolyn White.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2008 I co-authored an article with Mary Beaudry entitled “Artifacts and Personal Identity” published in the International Handbook of Historical Archaeology. Mary was my teacher, mentor, and colleague, and each of these roles is contained within the work. Our collaboration was...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Joseph M. Bagley.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Dr. Mary Beaudry spent decades digging, working, and eating in Boston. This paper celebrates Mary's contributions to the city, from some of the first historical archaeological excavations in Boston, to her mentorship of many working archaeologists in the region, and to her love...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Stephen A Brighton.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Mary Beaudry’s impact on archaeology is immense and reaches all corners of the discipline. More than anything, it was her commitment to the individual and their ability to make meaningful choices throughout the course of everyday life. Ultimately, she created a dynamic landscape...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mary K Praetzellis. Adrian C Praetzellis.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. I met Mary B. at the 1985 Boston SHA meeting. She was the conference organizer, but nevertheless womaning the registration table when I picked up our packets just before the free reception. Mary recognized my name—which made me feel important—and proceeded to tell me what was...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Patricia Samford. Julia A. King.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Biographies of Mary Beaudry's career usually begin in Virginia, where Mary was an undergraduate at the College of William and Mary. There, Mary's interest in archaeology was born when she volunteered on a project for the late Norman Barka at Maycock's Point. Mary left...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Laura E Masur.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Mary Beaudry pioneered the art of telling first-person narratives that enable artifacts to come alive. She taught us that although there are many mediums for archaeological writing, the primary goal of an archaeologist is to tell stories. Stories enable us to connect places and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Dan Hicks.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Mary Beaudry practiced the kind of historical archaeology defined not merely by the presence of texts, but by the excavation of language. Departing from the cognitive archaeology of Jim Deetz, but retaining his sense for spinning a good yarn, her interest was more in using words...