The I.A.C.A. is a group of professional and amateur archaeologists and interested individuals from the Caribbean and overseas who work, or have an interest, in the archaeology of the Caribbean. Our area includes not only the Greater and Lesser Antilles but countries bordering the Caribbean, whose prehistoric and historic cultures often interrelate with those of [...]

Jamaica, a small island state of some 4400 sq. miles, is nevertheless blessed with an abundant and diverse natural environment ideal for the support of life forms including man. The island also stands at the cross roads of air and sea currents between Europe, Africa and Central and South America. As a result the island [...]

By June next year there should be a monument in the National Heroes Park in honour of the late Prime Minister the Most Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer. The Jamaica National Heritage Trust has announced that a design for the monument has been chosen following the meeting of a special committee that was established to examine [...]

Membership is open to all interested parties. Dues are US$20 per annum payable to the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology. A cheque or money order in any major currency should be sent to: Gerard Richard, Chef du Service Archéologique du Conseil Regional, Impasse Majoute, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe 97100, F.W.I. Email: g.richard@cr-guadeloupe.fr OR gerardrichard20032003@yahoo.fr

The book "Jamaica's Heritage an Untapped Resource" outlines the rich heritage of Jamaica that can be explored. This book, edited by Marguerite Curtin and published by the Mill Press, won the UNESCO Award at the 1993 Leipzig Book Fair. It is a challenge to our organization to preserve, promote, explore, and market our heritage in [...]

(A NEW law in 1985 changed the name of the Jamaica National Trust Commission to the Jamaica National Heritage Trust and enlarged its functions. Pansy Hart, an employee of the old Commission of many years, gives an overview of the organisation out of which the JNHT arose.) It was early in the 1900s that the [...]

As we look to a new century and a new millenium, it is extremely fitting that the Jamaica National Heritage Trust is taking the bold step of establishing this website. Now we are under the microscope of the world for all to see how well we are carrying out the mandate to preserve, protect, maintain [...]

Having been at the forefront of the Encounter, giving succour to Columbus and his crew of the Fourth Voyage for over a year; having been the unique Spanish colony without gold but providing the cattle, horses, lard, and other provisions for the conquest of America for one and a half centuries; having been the island [...]

Heritage Expo postponed The Jamaica National Heritage Trust wishes to inform the public that its annual Heritage Expo at Seville Heritage Park scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday October 10, 2007 has been postponed until further notice. The JNHT advises that due to the inclement weather, the organisation has been forced to put off the event. A [...]

Well-known social justice advocate and long-time crusader for the Reparation movement, Mr. Randall Robinson, will visit Jamaica from October 18-21 as guest of the Jamaica National Bicentenary Committee and the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. Mr. Robinson will deliver a lecture on 'Why Reparation Matters' on Friday, October 19, 2007 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Duke [...]