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
Coastal, North and Central American Archaeology (California, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua)
Isotope Geochemistry, Radiocarbon Dating, ZooMS Collagen Fingerprinting
Archaeobotany, Palynology, Zooarchaeology (specialized expertise in fish & shellfish analysis)
Archaeological Ethics, Rematriation/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 Articles12
- Johnson, T., Thakar, H. B., Watkins, J., & Linderholm, A. (2024). Working Ethically with Ancient DNA from Composites in the United States. Advances in Archaeological Practice.
- 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.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 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.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 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.
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
- ANTH204 The Prehistoric World Instructor
- ANTH205 Peoples & Cult Of Wrld Instructor
- ANTH291 Research Instructor
- ANTH370 Cultural Diversity & Ethics 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