Heather Thakar

Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences · Texas A&M University

Quick answer: Heather Thakar is Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. Heather Thakar shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.

⭐ Note: Dr. Thakar is currently accepting graduate students.

Research interests

Archaeological Theory Evolutionary Ecology New World Foraging and Proto-agricultural Societies (California, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua) Isotope Geochemistry Radiocarbon Dating ZooMS Collagen Peptide Fingerprinting Archaeobotany and Palynology Archaeological Ethics Rematriation/Repatriation Research

Selected publications (since 2023)

2023 Thakar, Heather B. and Carola Flores Fernandez (eds.) “Human Behavioral Ecology and Coastal Environments”. University Press of Florida: Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology Series. 296 pages. ISBN 13:9780813069586. 2024 Domic, Alejandra I., Amber VanDerwarker, Heather B. Thakar, Kenneth Hirth, José M. Capriles, Timothy E. Scheffler, and Douglas J. Kennett, “Archaeobotanical Evidence Supports Indigenous Cucurbit Domestication in the Mesoamerican Neotropics”. Nature Scientific Reports 14(1):10885. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60723-1 2024 Alsgaard, Asia and Heather B. Thakar, “Fishing further inland? The role of the transition to agriculture on fishing practices in the Soconusco Region, Mexico”. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 2014:1-19. https:/

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