Heather McKillop

Biography:

Heather Irene McKillop is a Canadian-American archaeologist academic and Mayanist scholar noted in particular for her research into ancient Maya coastal trade routes seafaring littoral archaeology and the long-distance exchange of commodities in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. As of 2009 McKillop holds an endowed chair at Louisiana State University where she is William G. Haag Professor of Archaeology in LSU's Department of Geography and Anthropology.