Mary Carolyn Beaudry (November 25, 1950 – October 20, 2020)[2][3] was an American archaeologist, educator and author whose research focused on historical archaeology, material culture and the anthropology of food.
[1][4] Beaudry participated in archaeological fieldwork in New England, Virginia, the Western Isles of Scotland and the Caribbean.
[3] Beaudry attended the College of William and Mary, initially choosing a major in English, with the goal of being a writer.
Along with her class, Beaudry was invited by the instructor to join the excavation of a prehistoric shell midden at Maycock Plantation.
[8] From 1995 to 2000, Beaudry worked with James Symonds on the Flora MacDonald project on the Island of Uist in Scotland.
[10] "Through archaeological survey, excavation, and the study of historical documents and oral tradition, the project aimed to examine the responses of the 18th- and 19th-century Hebridean population to the social and economic changes wrought by agricultural 'Improvement' and the infamous 'Highland Clearances'".