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Kathryn Reese-Taylor

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Dr. Kathryn Reese-Taylor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Calgary.  She has directed several projects in the Maya region at important sites, such as Naachtun in Peten, Guatemala, and is currently the director of the Yaxnohcah Archaeological Project in the southern Campeche, Mexico. The project focuses on landscape archaeology, political economy and ideology of the lowland Maya during the Preclassic periods (900 BCE to AD 150).  Dr. Reese-Taylor has written numerous articles, chapters and edited one volume, Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica, which highlights her research into this early period.  In addition, she has published articles and chapters, as well as presented lectures, on the role of women in Prehispanic Maya society and is currently completing her book, Maya Noblewomen, to be published by the University of Texas Press. Fellow interview with Dr. Reese-Taylor. 

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Dr. Kathryn Reese-Taylor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Calgary.  She has directed several projects in the Maya region at important sites, such as Naachtun in Peten, Guatemala, and is currently the director of the Yaxnohcah Archaeological Project in the southern Campeche, Mexico. The project focuses on landscape archaeology, political economy and ideology of the lowland Maya during the Preclassic periods (900 BCE to AD 150).  Dr. Reese-Taylor has written numerous articles, chapters and edited one volume, Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica, which highlights her research into this early period.  In addition, she has published articles and chapters, as well as presented lectures, on the role of women in Prehispanic Maya society and is currently completing her book, Maya Noblewomen, to be published by the University of Texas Press. Fellow interview with Dr. Reese-Taylor. 

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