University of Calgary

Kathryn Reese-Taylor has taught archaeology in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Calgary since 2000. Although she maintains broad interests in early complex societies, her principal research focuses on landscape archaeology, urbanism, and the development of complexity in the Maya lowlands. Reese-Taylor has directed archaeological projects in the Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico and published numerous articles, chapters, and reports, often with collaborators and students. Her current project is a multidisciplinary program of research located in southern Campeche centered in the region surrounding an extensive wetland, the Bajo Laberinto. Since 2014, she has analyzed remote sensing imagery, including lidar, to assess landscape modification, urban development, and population dynamics in the Central Karstic Uplands.