Heather J.H. Edgar
Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology since Fall 2004
Curator of Human Osteology, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

Anthropology Courses Taught at UNM

Education
BA 1990 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
MA 1994 Arizona State University
PhD 2002 Ohio State University. Dissertation title: "Biological Distance and the African-American Dentition ."

Fieldwork
Basketmaker II Anasazi Burial Grounds, Kanab UT, 1990-1991.
Roosevelt Project, Central Arizona, 1993.
Freedman's Cemetery, Dallas TX, 1993-1994.
Peter's Site (Archaic Burial Ground), Pickaway County OH 1996-2000.
Research at Arizona State University Department of Anthropology, American Museum of Health and Medicine, National Museum of Natural History, American Museum of Natural History, The Natural History Museum (Great Britain), University of Tennessee Memphis Dental School, New York State Museum, Case-Western Reserve University Bolton-Brush collections, Cleveland Museum of Natural History 2000-2002.
North Cemetery, Columbus OH 2002.
Alameda Cemetery, Albuquerque NM 2003-2004.

Selected Publications
Edgar HJH. 2005. Prediction of social race category using characteristics of dental morphology. Journal of Forensic Sciences 50(2) 269-273.

Edgar HJH, Sciulli PW. in press. Comparative human and deer (Odocoileus virginianus) taphonomy at the Richards Site, Ohio. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.

Guatelli-Steinberg D, Sciulli PW, Edgar HJH. in press. Dental fluctuating asymmetry in the Gullah: Tests of hypotheses regarding developmental stability in deciduous vs. permanent and male vs. female teeth. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Edgar HJH, Nardin A. in press. Announcement: Renee M. Menegaz-Bock dental anthropology collection. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Edgar HJH. 2004. Dentitions, distance, and difficulty: A comparison of two statistical techniques for dental morphological data. Dental Anthropology Journal 17(2):55-62.

Edgar HJH, Sciulli PW. 2004. Elongated premolar: A new morphological variant. Dental Anthropology Journal 17 (1): 24-27.

Condon CG, Becker JL, Edgar HJH, Davidson JM, Hoffman JR, Kalima P, Kysar D, Moorhead S, Owens VM, Condon K. 1998. Freedman's Cemetery Site 41DL 316 Dallas, Texas: Assessments of Sex, Age at Death, Stature, and Date of Interment for Excavated Burials. Texas Department of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Division, Archeology Studies Program, Report No. 9.

Edgar HJH. 1997. Paleopathology of the Wizard's Beach Man (AHUR 2023) and the Spirit Cave Mummy (AHUR 2064). Nevada Historical Quarterly, 40:1(57-61).

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