Ivor Conolley, PhD

Title: Executive Director, The Genesis Project
Phone: (876) 536-7128
Email: ivorcconolley@gmail.com

Biography:

Ivor Conolley, consultant in archaeology, cultural resources management and building preservation, is a PhD in History (archaeology) and an MA in Heritage Studies. He has lectured in archaeology at the UWI, led several archaeological excavations and overseen the restoration of numerous period buildings. He has published and presented on subjects in history and archaeology. Currently president of the Jamaica Historical Society, he has served as president of the Archaeological Society of Jamaica and president of the Georgian Society of Jamaica.

Teaching Areas:

Caribbean Archaeology; Historical Archaeology; Introduction to Archaeology; Research Methods & Techniques in Archaeology; World Prehistory; Atlantic World

Research Interests:

Pre-Columbian Archaeology of Jamaica (primarily); Cultural Resources Management and Building Preservation

Publications:

“Review of The Taíno Settlement at Guayguata Excavations in St Mary Parish, Jamaica” Authors: Philip Allsworth-Jones and Kit Wesler (pending)

“Dr. James Duerden,” Encyclopaedia of Caribbean Archaeology edited by Basil A. Reid and R. Grant Gilmore III.  University Press of Florida 2014

“Deployment of Forced Labour: an Analysis of the Role of Slaves on Ten Tharp Properties in 1805 Trelawny, Jamaica.” Jamaican Historical Society Bulletin Vol. 12 Nos. 7 & 8 April 2012.

Montego Bay Pottery and Culture in Western Jamaica: Significance and Implications for Jamaican Taíno Pre-History Research for Development Publication UWI 2012.

Taíno Sites in Trelawny, Archaeological Society of Jamaica Newsletter 2007.

The Use of Imagery to Locate Taíno Sites in a GIS Environment [joint: Parris Lyew-Ayee and Ivor Conolley] Book Chapter for Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean edited by Dr. Basil Reid 2008.

“Twenty Years of Archaeology at Mona, 1987-2007,” Jamaica Historical Bulletin April & October 2006 Vol. 12, Nos. 1 & 2.

“Land Deeds that Tell the Story of Falmouth”, Jamaican Historical Society Bulletin April 2005 Vol. 11 No. 15 [joint: Ivor Conolley and James Parrent].

Spot Valley Cave: A New Inventory and Survey of Jamaica’s Fourth Pictograph Site, [joint: Stewart, R.S., G. Van Rentergem, P. Allsworth-Jones, A.L. Santos, I. Conolley] Conference Proceedings XXII Conference of IACA, 2007.

The Caves of the Jamaican Cockpit Country, The Nature Conservancy [Stefan Stewart, Ivor Conolley, Dietrich Roggy, Elizabeth Slack] 2005.