Scholars

Assistant Professor

Positions:

NAGPRA Coordinator, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Research Areas:

Mollusk remains (Archaeology), Animal remains (Archaeology), Paleoecology, Plant remains (Archaeology), Isotopes, Archaeology

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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thakar@tamu.edu

1 979 845 5242

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ORCID

0000-0003-3571-724X

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Research Areas:

Mollusk remains (Archaeology), Animal remains (Archaeology), Paleoecology, Plant remains (Archaeology), Isotopes, Archaeology

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.

SDG 2
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.

SDG 2

Books1

Thakar, H. B., & Fernandez, C. F. (2023). Human Behavioral Ecology and Coastal Environments.

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.