Thakar, Heather
individual record
Assistant Professor
Positions:
- NAGPRA Coordinator, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
overview
Archaeological Theory, Evolutionary Ecology, Foraging and Proto-agricultural Societies
New World Archaeology (California, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua), Coastal and Island Archaeology
Human Paleoecology, Archaeobotany, Palynology, Isotope Geochemistry, Coastal Zooarchaeology
Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Chronological Models and Data Integration
Archaeological Ethics, Repatriation, Curation and Collections Management
education and training
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara - (Santa Barbara, California, United States) 2014
- M.A. in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara - (Santa Barbara, California, United States) 2008
- B.A. in Anthropology and History, Texas Tech University - (Houston, Texas, United States) 2004
selected publications
Academic Articles10
- Kistler, L., Thakar, H. B., VanDerwarker, A. M., Domic, A., Bergstrm, A., George, R. J., ... Kennett, D. J. (2020). Archaeological Central American maize genomes suggest ancient gene flow from South America.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 117(52), 33124-33129.
- Kennett, D. J., Thakar, H. B., VanDerwarker, A. M., Webster, D. L., Culleton, B. J., Harper, T. K., ... Hirth, K. (2017). High-precision chronology for Central American maize diversification from El Gigante rockshelter, Honduras.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114(34), 9026-9031.
- Thakar, H. B., Glassow, M. A., & Blanchette, C. (2017). Reconsidering evidence of human impacts: Implications of within-site variation of growth rates in Mytilus californianus along tidal gradients. Quaternary International. 427, 151-159.
- Thakar, H. B., Glassow, M. A., & Blanchette, C. A. (2017). The forest and the trees: Small-scale ecological variability and archaeological interpretations of temporal changes in California mussel shell size. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL. 427, 246-249.
- VanDerwarker, A. M., Bardolph, D. N., Hoppa, K. M., Thakar, H. B., Martin, L. S., Jaqua, A. L., Biwer, M. E., & Gill, K. M. (2016). New World Paleoethnobotany in the New Millennium (20002013). Journal of Archaeological Research. 24(2), 125-177.
Books1
Chapters3
- Thakar, H. B. (2015). Dating the Tlacuachero Post-Archaic Deposits: Ceramic Analysis. Voorhies, B. (Eds.), An Archaic Mexican Shellmound and its Entombed Floors. 29-47. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press.
- Thakar, H. B. (2015). The Tlacuachero Floors: Description and Sampling Methods. Voorhies, B. (Eds.), An Archaic Mexican Shellmound and its Entombed Floors. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology.
- Thakar, H. B. (2012). Ancient actions predict modern consequences: Prehistoric lessons in marine shellfish exploitation. Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology. 92-109.
Repository Documents / Preprints1
- Roberts, A., Potvin, S., Hankins, R., Gatson, S., Laddusaw, S., Muise, I., ... Davis, C. B. (2021). The Gulf Coast Heritage Preparedness Initiative: Proposal to the Texas A&M University President's Excellence Fund.
researcher on
Principal Investigator3
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- ANTH201 Intro To Anthropology Instructor
- ANTH205 Peoples & Cult Of Wrld Instructor
- ANTH291 Research Instructor
- ANTH370 Cultural Diversity & Ethics Instructor
- ANTH370 Cultural Diversity & Ethics-mx Instructor
Email
thakar@tamu.edu
First Name
Heather
Last Name
Thakar
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Anthropology; MS 4352 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4352
USA