The shadow of Mary Beaudry in Antarctic Archeology

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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.

The ideas and proposals of Mary Beaudry have left their mark, on Historical Archaeology and of course on the way we approach the works on the first human occupations, at the beginning of the 19th century, of the Antarctic continent. Groups of marine mammal hunters came to these new territories in search of animals to supply the growing world demand for oil and skins. Master narratives made the stories of these people invisible, until archeology, based on approaches such as Mary's, changed the focus of interest of the discipline towards subordinate groups. In this presentation we will discuss some issues studied by the project in connection with the proposals of Mary Beaudry.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• “Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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