Archaeological Society of Jamaica

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Archaeological Society of Jamaica! 🎄✨

Wishing you a season filled with joy, peace, and appreciation for our rich cultural heritage.

Here’s to uncovering more of Jamaica’s history together in the coming year! 🏺

26/10/2024

📢 Call For Papers Now Open! 📢

Submit your abstracts by November 23, 2024, for a chance to present on topics like Caribbean Archaeology, History, Cultural Resource Management, Climate Change, and more!

We welcome local and international voices to share their research and insights. Please see submission guidelines above for details!

For more information you can email us at [email protected]

09/06/2024

We are happy to announce our dates for our Annual General Meeting and Symposium!

On Thursday June 20, 2024 at 6:00PM our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will follow, where we will provide a report of the year’s activities, review our Constitution, and hold elections for the officers and executive committee members constituting the ASJ Board.

Finally, Friday June 21, 2024 from 10AM will feature a series of Presentations highlighting research in Historical Archaeology, History, Cultural Resource Management and Pre-Colonial Archaeology.

25/04/2024

We are currently live on YouTube. Please click the link below to tune in!

Castle Dawson Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/live/wX09-erlYro?feature=shared

25/04/2024

Don’t miss out the Final call for papers submission is on May 24, 2024! 📢

Kindly distribute this flyer among those passionate about contributing to the discourse on Caribbean archaeology. We welcome submissions from local and international presenters eager to share their knowledge on Caribbean Archaeology.

Please see the guidelines above prior submission.

20/04/2024

Remember to Register for our Webinar on April 25, 2024!

Save the date!

Please join us on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 6:00PM local time on the zoom platform to join an engaging session that will delve into the rich tapestry of Heritage and Archaeology at Castle Dawson.

Currently, the Castle Dawson Archaeological Project is a joint collaboration between the University of the West Indies Mona Department of History and Archaeology Department and the Twyman family.

Our focus will be on exploring the continued collaboration of the Twyman family and the Department of History and Archaeology as it exposes Archaeology students to the field of Archaeology, and the merging of Community, Tourism and Education.


Register here- https://forms.gle/mxTUGj3y9Mp3pXfn6

Meeting ID: 864 7530 5692 561126
Passcode: 561126

19/04/2024

Earlier this month, Jamaica’s Taino chief, Kasike Kalaan Nibonrix Kaiman, gave a presentation titled, ‘Stories as medicine: Taino and African Healing and the Environment in Jamaica’, at Northeastern University, a private university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island.Kasike Nibonrix Kaiman, a medicine man, was enstooled as chief of the Jamaican Tainos (Yamaye Guani) in 2019.

Read more: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240418/jamaicas-taino-chief-speaks-abroad-stories-medicine

19/04/2024

We are excited to announce our upcoming African Exhibition entitled 𝐎𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐚.

Please stay tuned for more information about the exhibition in the coming weeks.

Object pictured is 𝗨𝗷𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗮 or the '𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲' from the Makonde People of Tanzania.

18/04/2024

Preserving the past to enrich the future. 🌍

Happy World Heritage Day from all of us at the Archaeological Society of Jamaica!