Heather Edgar

Heather Edgar

University of New Mexico

H-index: 21

North America-United States

About Heather Edgar

Heather Edgar, With an exceptional h-index of 21 and a recent h-index of 18 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of New Mexico, specializes in the field of biological anthropology, bioarchaeology, human biology, forensic anthropology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Sex‐specific effects of environmental temperature during gestation on fluctuating asymmetry in deciduous teeth

The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico: Five Centuries of Change

Error and bias in race and ethnicity descriptions in medical examiner records in New Mexico: Consequences for understanding mortality among Hispanic/Latinos

Contextualizing the Biocultural Examination of Colonization in Mexico

Spanish/North African Population Affinity

Regional Changes in Population Structures with Spanish Contact

A view of stress and inequality in colonial Mexico City through cranial fluctuating asymmetry

A biological approach to adult sex differences in skeletal indicators of childhood stress

Heather Edgar Information

University

Position

Associate Professor Anthropology Forensic Anthropologist

Citations(all)

1596

Citations(since 2020)

920

Cited By

951

hIndex(all)

21

hIndex(since 2020)

18

i10Index(all)

39

i10Index(since 2020)

29

Email

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University of New Mexico

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Heather Edgar Skills & Research Interests

biological anthropology

bioarchaeology

human biology

forensic anthropology

Top articles of Heather Edgar

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Sex‐specific effects of environmental temperature during gestation on fluctuating asymmetry in deciduous teeth

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

Emily Moes

Christopher W Kuzawa

Heather JH Edgar

2024/4/16

The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico: Five Centuries of Change

Heather JH Edgar

Cathy Willermet

2023/4/18

Error and bias in race and ethnicity descriptions in medical examiner records in New Mexico: Consequences for understanding mortality among Hispanic/Latinos

Forensic Science International: Synergy

Nicollette S Appel

Heather JH Edgar

Shamsi Daneshvari Berry

Keith Hunley

2023/1/1

Contextualizing the Biocultural Examination of Colonization in Mexico

The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico: Five Centuries of Change

Heather JH Edgar

Cathy Willermet

2023/4/18

Spanish/North African Population Affinity

The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico: Five Centuries of Change

Heather JH Edgar

Katelyn M Rusk

Corey S Ragsdale

Cathy Willermet

2023/4/18

Regional Changes in Population Structures with Spanish Contact

The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico: Five Centuries of Change

Corey S Ragsdale

Cathy Willermet

Heather JH Edgar

2023/4/18

A view of stress and inequality in colonial Mexico City through cranial fluctuating asymmetry

The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico: Five Centuries of Change

Cathy Willermet

Emily Moes

Katelyn M Rusk

Heather JH Edgar

Corey S Ragsdale

2023/4/18

A biological approach to adult sex differences in skeletal indicators of childhood stress

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

Lexi O'Donnell

Ethan C Hill

Amy S Anderson

Heather Joy Hecht Edgar

2022/3

Childhood stress and developmental instability: Comparing microscopic enamel defects and cranial fluctuating asymmetry in a colonial Mexican sample

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

Emily Moes

Cathy Willermet

Keith Hunley

Corey Ragsdale

Heather JH Edgar

2022/9

Population Continuity and Mobility Across Mesoamerica

Cathy Willermet

Corey S Ragsdale

Heather JH Edgar

2022/5/23

South-to-north migration preceded the advent of intensive farming in the Maya region

Nature Communications

Douglas J Kennett

Mark Lipson

Keith M Prufer

David Mora-Marín

Richard J George

...

2022/3/22

Childhood dietary quality predicts adult facial fluctuating asymmetry in contemporary New Mexicans.

Homo: Internationale Zeitschrift fur die Vergleichende Forschung am Menschen

KM Rusk

Keith L Hunley

Carmen Mosley

Meghan Healy

Gaelyn RD Archer

...

2021/6/1

A new resource for pathology informatics: The New Mexico decedent image database

Journal of Pathology Informatics

Shamsi Daneshvari Berry

Heather JH Edgar

2021

Refined, regionally-specific data standards reveal heterogeneity in Hispanic death records

AMIA Summits on Translational Science Proceedings

Shamsi Daneshvari Berry

Heather JH Edgar

Carmen Mosley

Keith Hunley

2021

Geographic and temporal diversity in dental morphology reflects a history of admixture, isolation, and drift in African Americans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Jessica M Gross

Heather JH Edgar

2021/6

Colonialism, ethnogenesis, and biogeographic ancestry in the US Southwest

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Keith Hunley

Emily Moes

Heather Edgar

Meghan Healy

Carmen Mosley

...

2021/12

A Reassessment of Assessing Race:" Ancestry" Estimation and Its Implications for Forensic Anthropology and Beyond.

Forensic Anthropology (University of Florida)

Heather Edgar

Marin Pilloud

2021/10/1

Developing the Minimum Dataset for the New Mexico Decedent Image Database

Applied Clinical Informatics

Shamsi Daneshvari Berry

Philip J Kroth

Heather JH Edgar

Teddy D Warner

2021/5

Announcement: the New Mexico decedent image database

Forensic Imaging

Shamsi Daneshvari Berry

HJ Edgar

2021/3

Testing the Homogeneity of" White": Dental Morphology in Americans and Australians of European Descent.

Forensic Anthropology (University of Florida)

Heather Edgar

Stephen D Ousley

2021/10/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 76
Marianne Berwick

Marianne Berwick

University of New Mexico

H-index: 70
Douglas J Kennett

Douglas J Kennett

University of California, Santa Barbara

H-index: 32
Keith M Prufer

Keith M Prufer

University of New Mexico

H-index: 29
Andrea Cucina

Andrea Cucina

Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

H-index: 22
Joe Watkins

Joe Watkins

University of Maryland, Baltimore

H-index: 22
Marin Pilloud

Marin Pilloud

University of Nevada, Reno

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