Brown, Mary Katherine
Mary Katherine Brown
PhD student | Anthropological Archaeology
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Mary Katherine received her BA in Anthropology/Sociology and Political Economy from Rhodes College in 2023 and her MA in Anthropology with a concentration in Archaeology from the University of Tennessee in 2025. Mary Katherine has worked on several historic sites in Tennessee and Virginia. Her research interests include paleoethnobotany, stable isotope analysis, historical archaeology of eastern North America, material culture, and historic foodways and plant management practices.
Chair: Kandi Hollenbach
Education
MA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Anthropology with a concentration in Archaeology. 2025.
Thesis: “Understanding Foodways and Plant Management Practices of Enslaved Communities in Nineteenth-Century West Tennessee”BA, Rhodes College. Anthropology/Sociology and Political Economy with a minor in Environmental Studies. 2023.
Specialties
Archaeology