Dear Brandy,
In an archive page, the query is defined by wordpress already, so we dont get the chance to change the query or pagination. I think a solution that might work for you is to disable the archive pages for the taxonomy and create a static page with the same name that contains a normal taxonomy view that you want to display. It should work this way with no need to add any code to the template files.
If you need to do it this way, I will need to play around a bit with it testing different things. I can setup a test server for you so we dont interfere with the live site.
Please let me know if you are satisfied with my answer and if I can help you with any other questions you might have.
Regards,
Caridad