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CURRICULUM VITAE

(1) Brief Personal & Professional Details

NAME: Basil A. Reid POST: Professor of Archaeology

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD University of Florida, Gainesville (USA), Anthropology (majoring in Caribbean

Archaeology) (2003)

MA University of London, Institute of Archaeology (UK), Field and Analytical Techniques in

Archaeology (1987)

BA The University of the West Indies, Mona (Jamaica), History and Social Sciences (1983)

EXPERIENCE

Professor of Archaeology, Department of History, The University of the West Indies, St.

Augustine (effective October 4, 2017)

Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of History, The University of the West

Indies, St. Augustine (August 1, 2009 to October 3, 2017)

Lead Archaeologist, Red House Archaeological Excavations, Office of the Parliament of

the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. (July 2013-January 2015)

Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of History, The University of the West Indies, St.

Augustine (2001-2009)

Research Assistant, University of Florida, Department of Anthropology, Gainesville

(USA) (1998-2001)

Teacher of Caribbean History at St. Catherine High School, St. John’s Road, Spanish

Town, Jamaica (1996-1998)

Assistant Temporary Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology,

The University of the West Indies, Mona (1995-1996)

Project Manager, White Marl Taíno Museum, Institute of Jamaica, 12 East Street,

Kingston (1994-1995)

Management Analyst, Ministry of the Public Service, Citibank Building, Knutsford

Boulevard, Kingston 5, Jamaica (1989-1994)

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Assistant Archaeologist and Archaeologist, Jamaica National Heritage Trust, 79 Duke

Street, Kingston, Jamaica (1984-1989)

Research Officer, National Library of Jamaica, 12 East Street, Kingston, Jamaica

(August-December 1983)

CURRENT DUTIES

(i) Teaching

Introduction to Archaeology (HIST 1801)

A Survey of World Prehistory (HIST 1804)

Research Methods and Techniques in Archaeology (HIST 2801)

Pre-Columbian History of the Caribbean (HIST 2804)

Historical Archaeology (HIST 3801)

Theory and Methods of History (HIST 6599) (Archaeology-based seminars)

The Development of Caribbean Historiography (HIST 6899) (Archaeology-based seminars)

(ii) Graduate supervision—Theses Being Supervised

(a) M.A.

2015 Patrisha Meyers, Bioarchaeological Investigations of a Unique Pre-Columbian Caribbean

Population: Demography and Paleopathology at The Red House Archaeological Site, Port

of Spain (Trinidad), MA in Anthropology, University of Central Florida (USA). Expected

submission date 2016.

2015 Makini Emmanuel, Colonial Bottles from the Red House Site, Port of Spain (Trinidad)

MA Heritage Studies, The University of the West Indies (Department of History and

Archaeology), Mona, Jamaica. Expected submission date 2016.

(b) MPhil

2016 Melanie Pouchet, The Capuchin Missions in Spanish Trinidad: An Alternative Frontier

Model, MPhil in History, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Department

of History). Expected Submission date 2018.

(c) PhD

2014 Kheera Daly-Novoa, Attitudes to Death in Trinidad and Tobago: A Case Study of Roman

Catholic and Anglican Cemeteries (1800-2000) PhD in History. The University of the

West Indies, St. Augustine (Department of History). Expected submission date 2017.

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(iii) Graduate Supervision—Theses Awarded

(a) MA

2010 Velma Mills, Changes and Continuities in the Production of Pottery at Chalky Mount

Village, Barbados, MPhil in Cultural Studies, The University of the West Indies, St.

Augustine. I was also appointed as an Internal Examiner. Awarded in 2010.

2007 Colleen Norville, Is there a “Carib” Culture in Trinidad, MA Research Paper, The

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Department of History). Awarded in 2007.

2007 Valletta Jeffers-Theodore, When Europeans Came to Trinidad: A Bruising Experience,

MA Research Paper, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Department of

History). Awarded in 2007.

(b) MPhil

2011 Kheera Daly The Archaeology of Death and Burial: A Case Study on Select Cultures in

Trinidad, MPhil in History, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Department

of History). Awarded in 2011.

© PhD

2012 Ivor Conolley, Montego Bay Pottery and Culture in Western Jamaica: Significance and

Implications for Jamaican Taíno Pre-History, PhD in Archaeology, The University of the

West Indies, Mona, Jamaica (Department of History and Archaeology). Awarded in 2012.

(d) Fulbright Supervision

2014 Paula Hertfelder, Geoinformatics and the Conservation of Pre-Columbian Sites in

Trinidad and Tobago. Graduate student at Binghamton University (New York, U.S.A) and

a USA Fulbright fellow. Awarded Fulbright in 2014.

(iv) Departmental Committees

OSHE (Member)

Graduate Admissions (Member)

(v) Faculty Committees

FHE Appointments and Promotions Committee (Member)

(vi) University Committees

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Campus Ethics Committee for 2017/2018 (Member)

Academic Board (Member)

(2) LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

(i) Publications

(a) Books

Reid, Basil A. and R. Grant Gilmore III, eds. Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology,

University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 2014.

Impact

CHOICE (a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries) named

Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology a 2015 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

and “highly recommended” the book for academic/research libraries and natural/cultural

history institutes and museums focusing on Caribbean/Latin American studies;

https://floridabookshelf.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/awards-announcement-our-authors-

recent-wins-2/ Accessed on April 18, 2015.

4 citations (Google Scholar); 416 libaries (WorldCat); 158 reads (Researchgate); 6

Reviews;

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #549,262 in Books

#397 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Archaeology

#412 in Books > Textbooks > Reference > Encyclopedias

#499 in Books > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies

Reid, Basil A. ed. Caribbean Heritage. The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston,

Jamaica. 2012.

Impact

The University of the West Indies Press included Caribbean Heritage as one of the books

that contributed to the Faculty of Humanities and Education, UWI, St. Augustine, being

recognised for its outstanding contribution to Caribbean scholarship and publication

activity. January 24, 2013

91 libraries (WorldCat); 2 reviews; 50 reads (Researchgate); Amazon Best Sellers

Rank: #2,484,394 in Books

#2147 in Books > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies

#8593 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Anthropology

#17194 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Anthropology > Cultural

1 citation (Internet)

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Reid, Basil A. (editor). Forensic Archaeology: Case Studies from the Caribbean. The University

of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica. 2009

Impact

41 libraries (WorldCat); 15 reads (Researchgate); Amazon Best Sellers

Rank: #11,203,736 in Books

#4287 in Books > Law > Criminal Law > Forensic Science

#6803 in Books > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies

#8135 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > International &

World Politics > Caribbean & Latin American

Reid, Basil A. Reid (editor). Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the

Caribbean. University of Alabama Press: Tuscaloosa. 2008

Impact

14 citations (Google Scholar); 975 libraries (WorldCat); 2 Reviews; 30 reads

(Researchgate); Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,780,360 in Books (See Top 100 in

Books) #573 in Books > Computers & Technology > Graphics & Design > Computer

Modelling > Remote Sensing & GIS

#606 in Books > Science & Math > Earth Sciences > Geography > Information Systems

#2421 in Books > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies

Cited as a recommended text in the following university course:

HUMANITIES 2310 9.0A: An Introduction to Caribbean Studies

York University, Toronto, CA

http://bloodstone.atkinson.yorku.ca/domino/html/outlines/crsoutlines.nsf/webdisplay-

courseoutlines/B23BCF4B4785C63285257B6E00695374/$file/HUMA%202310%20Syll

abus%202013-2014.pdf Accessed on January 25, 2016

(b) Monograph(s)

Reid, Basil A. Myths and Realities of Caribbean History. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama

Press. 2009.

Impact

26 citations (Google Scholar); 1358 libraries (World Share); 9 reviews; 75 reads

(Researchgate)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,521 in Books

#47 in Books > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba

#336 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Archaeology

#18490 in Books > Science & Math

Cited in the Caribbean Examinations Council (Caribbean History Syllabus) as a core

resource text http://pcc.edu.tt/curriculum/CSEC%20Caribbean%20History.pdf. Also cited

as an important resource text in Caribbean History for CSEC by Radica Mahase and

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Kevin Baldeosingh (published by Oxford University Press in 2011). Accessed on January

28, 2016.

Cited as a recommended text in the following university courses:

HUMANITIES 2310 9.0A: An Introduction to Caribbean Studies

York University, Toronto, CA

http://bloodstone.atkinson.yorku.ca/domino/html/outlines/crsoutlines.nsf/webdisplay-

courseoutlines/B23BCF4B4785C63285257B6E00695374/$file/HUMA%202310%20Syll

abus%202013-2014.pdf and

Caribbean Archaeology: ARCL-3049 (University College London, UK)

http://readinglists.ucl.ac.uk/lists/2B9505CE-8FAD-6D22-1664-

B9FE6F11A557/bibliography.html?style=apa Accessed on January 25, 2016

Reid, Basil A. Developing GIS Weights of Evidence of Pre-Columbian Sites in Trinidad and

Tobago. Gainesville USA. Department of Anthropology, University of Florida. PhD

Dissertation. 2003.

(c) Articles actually published in refereed journals

2015 Pagán-Jiménez, Jaime, Reniel Rodriguez Ramos, Basil A Reid, Martijn van den Bel and

Corinne L Hofman, “Early Maize Dispersal into the Southern Caribbean and Northeastern

South America,: Quaternary Science Reviews 123, pp. 231-246.

Impact Factor: 4.57;

DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.005 (Researchgate); 7 citations (Google Scholar) 5

citations (Researchgate); 208 reads (Researchgate); 234 reads (Academia.edu)

Reid, Basil A.

2008 “Technological Applications in the Teaching of Archaeology” in The 2nd International

Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics (SOIC), June 29th - July 2,

2008, Orlando, Florida (Proceedings Volume III) edited by Friedrich, José Vicente

Carrasquero, Angel Oropeza and Chie Bein Chen, pp. 200-207

http://www.iiis.org/cds2008/cd2008sci/SOIC2008/PapersPdf/W915IR.pdf Accessed on

November 20, 2015

Impact Factor

30 reads (Researchgate); 53 downloads (Researchgate)

Reid, Basil A.

2004 Reconstructing the Saladoid Religion of Trinidad and Tobago In Journal of Caribbean

History, Vol. 38:2, pp. 243-278.

Impact Factor

2 citations (Google Scholar and Internet)

Reid, Basil A.

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1994 Tainos not Arawaks: The Indigenous Peoples of Jamaica and the Greater Antilles In

Caribbean Geography, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 67-71.

Impact Factor

1 citation (Internet)

Reid, Basil A.

1992 Arawak Archaeology in Jamaica: New Approaches, New Perspectives In Caribbean

Quarterly, V Vol. 38, Nos. 2&3, pp. 15-20.

Impact Factor

3 citations (Google Scholar)

(d) Articles actually published in other journals and media

2016 “Colonial finds recovered from the Red House archaeological site” UWI Research in

Action published in the Trinidad and Tobago Express Newspaper on Tuesday February

16, 2016 pp. 27 and 29 and Wednesday February 17, 2016 pp. 3, 3 & 6

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20160215/features/colonial-finds-recovered-from-red-

house-archaeological-site Accessed on February 16, 2016.

2015 “Red House Archaeological Excavations” UWI Research in Action published in the

Trinidad and Tobago Express Newspaper, pp. 25&27.

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20150518/features/the-red-house-archaeological-

excavations Accessed on May 19, 2015.

2011 “Note from the Editor” in History in Action, the online Journal of the Department of

History, U.W.I., St. Augustine, ISBN no. 2221-7886.

http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/epubs/historyaction/papers/editornote2.pdf

2010 “Uncovering the Past: Surveys and Excavations of St. John in Southwest Trinidad” In The

R-Evolutionary, Volume 1 Issue 2, June 28, 2010, pp. 3-8.

2010 “Note from the Editor” in History in Action, the online Journal of the Department of

History, U.W.I., St. Augustine, ISBN no. 2221-7886.

http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/epubs/historyaction/papers/Note_Editor.pdf

2010 “Rewriting History: there were people before the Arawaks and Caribs” in Trinidad and

Tobago Express Online Newspaper (South Bureau)

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/print?id=161590514

2009 “Dr. Basil Reid re-interprets the history of the West Indies” in Amazing Trinidad

Vacations.com http://www.amazing-trinidad-vacations.com/history-of-the-west-

indies.html

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2008 Q&A Dr. Basil Reid in UWIToday, Sunday 25th May, 2008, pp. 14-15

http://sta.uwi.edu/uwitoday/archive/may_2008/article15.asp

(e) Book Chapters

IN Caribbean Heritage. 2012, edited by Basil A. Reid, The University of the West Indies,

Press, Mona, Jamaica.

Bryan, Patrick and Basil A. Reid

Caribbean Heritage: An Introduction, pp. 1-12.

IN Protecting Heritage in the Caribbean. 2011, edited by Peter E. Siegel and Elizabeth

Righter. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.

Reid, Basil A. and Vel Lewis

Trinidad and Tobago, pp. 125-133.

IN A Crime Solving Toolkit: Forensics in the Caribbean, 2009, edited by Basil A. Reid. The

University of the West Indies Press, Mona, Jamaica.

Reid, Basil A.

Forensics in the Caribbean: An Introduction, pp. 1-7,

Reid, Basil A.

Forensic Anthropology: Applications in Trinidad and Tobago, pp. 27-55.

IN Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean, 2008, edited by Basil

A. Reid. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.

Reid, Basil A.

Introduction: Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean, pp. 1-9.

Reid, Basil A.

Developing Weights-of-Evidence Predictive Models for the Cultural Resource

Management of Pre-Columbian Sites in Trinidad, pp. 33-73.

Ramlal, Bheshem and Basil A. Reid

Developing an Archaeological Information System for Trinidad and Tobago, pp. 86-96.

Reid, Basil A.

Conclusion: Postscript. Archaeology and Geoinformatics from a Caribbeanist Perspective

pp. 184-194.

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(f) Conference Proceedings

Reid, Basil A., Henri Petitjean Roget and Antonio Curet (editors). Conference Proceedings of

the 21st International Association of Caribbean Archaeology. The University of the West

Indies, School of Continuing Studies, St. Augustine, Volumes 1 and 2. Trinidad and

Tobago. 2007.

Impact

13 libraries (WorldCat); 4 citations; 1 review.

IN Conference Proceedings of the Twenty-First Congress of the International Association for

Caribbean Archaeology:

Reid, Basil and Vel Lewis

A History of Archaeological Heritage Management (AHM) in Trinidad and Tobago

pp.152-162, Volume 1.

(g) Encyclopedia Entries

IN Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology, 2014, edited by Basil A. Reid and R. Grant

Gilmore III. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.

Reid, Basil A., Corinne L. Hofman, R. Grant Gilmore III, and Douglas Armstrong

Introduction: Caribbean Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology. pp. 1-30.

Reid, Basil A.

Arawak versus Taíno, pp. 41-44.

Reid, Basil A.

The Archaic Age, pp. 54-56.

Reid, Basil A.

Banwari Trace (Trinidad), pp. 62-63.

Reid, Basil A.

The Barrancoid Series, p. 70.

Reid, Basil A.

Cannibalism (Anthropophagy), pp. 85-88.

Joshua M. Torres and Basil A. Reid

Chiefdoms (Cacicazgos), pp. 100-102.

Reid, Basil A.

Ciboney versus Guanahatabey, pp. 103-105.

Witteveen, Ieteke and Basil A. Reid

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Conucos, pp. 112-113.

Torres, Joshua M. and Basil A. Reid

Crab/Shell Dichotomy, p. 114.

Reid, Basil A. and L. Antonio Curet

Elite Exchange in the Caribbean, pp. 140-141.

Reid, Basil A.

The First Caribbean Farmers, pp. 152-154.

Reid, Basil A. and Joshua M. Torres

Geoinformatics, pp. 160-165.

Torres, Joshua M. and Basil A. Reid

Grindstones, p. 170.

Reid, Basil A. and Alissandra Cummins

The International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, pp. 192-193. .

Reid, Basil A.

Island-Carib, pp. 196-198.

Atkinson, Lesley-Gail, Basil A. Reid and Alexandra Sajo

Jamaica (Prehistory of), pp. 201-204.

Reid, Basil A.

Lapidary Trade, p. 218.

Reid, Basil A.

The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago, p. 250.

Curet, Antonio L. and Basil A. Reid

Origins of Indigenous Groups in the Northern Caribbean, pp. 259-261.

Reid, Basil A. and Richard T. Callaghan

The Ortoiroid, p. 262.

Reid, Basil A. and Richard T. Callaghan

The Ostionoid, pp. 264-265.

Gilmore III, Grant R. and Basil A. Reid

Port Royal (Jamaica), pp. 282-283.

Reid, Basil A. and Roger H. Colten

Rouse, Benjamin Irving (1913-2006), p. 291-293.

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Hofman, Corinne L. and Basil A. Reid

The Saladoid, pp. 300-303.

Reid, Basil A.

St. John Site (Trinidad), p. 325.

Hofman, Corinne L and Basil A. Reid

The Troumassan Troumassoid, pp. 339-340.

(g) Book Reviews

Reid, Basil A.

2010 Review of The Archaeology of the Caribbean by Samuel Wilson, in Archaeology and

Anthropology: Journal of the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology Vol. 16, No. 2, pp.

55-58.

Reid, Basil A.

2009 Review of Prehistoric Guiana by Dennis Williams, in Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 55, No.

2, pp. 171-177, June 2009.

(ii) Manuscript(s) in preparation

The Archaeology of Caribbean and Circum-Caribbean Farmers (6000 BC-AD 1500). On

contract to the University Press of Florida (Gainesville) to edit and collate.

(iii) Paper and PowerPoint presentations at Conferences and Seminars

2016 PowerPoint presentation on The First Farmers of the Caribbean: The Story of St. John in

Southwestern Trinidad at the Archaeological Society of Jamaica (ASJ) symposium.

Multifunctional Room, The University of the West Indies, Mona (Jamaica). March 17,

2016.

2015 Senior Academic Seminar Presentation on The Pre-Colonial Archaeology of the Red

House Site (Port of Spain, Trinidad) Lecture Room 2, Centre for Language Learning,

U.W.I., St. Augustine. Friday November 13, 2015. PowerPoint presentation; 51 slides.

2015 Seminar Presentation on Archaeological Findings at the Ortoiroid site of St. John in

southwestern Trinidad. Lecture Room 3 of the Institute of Critical Thinking, U.W.I., St.

Augustine. September 25, 2015. PowerPoint presentation; 50 slides.

2011 The 9th Symposium of the Archaeological Society of Jamaica (ASJ) at The University of

the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica (April 13 & 14, 2011). PowerPoint presentation.

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2009 Seminar on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. Organised

by the Working Group on Indigenous People Regional Directors Team of the United

Nations. Held at the Marriot Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad (December 2-3 2009).

2008 Social and Organization Informatics and Cybernetics (SOIC) in Orlando, Florida (June 29

to July 2, 2008). PowerPoint presentation; paper of 8 pages submitted.

(iv) Other Papers (i.e. reports for Governments, Technical Reports etc.)

2015 Red House Restoration Archaeology Report written for the Office of the Parliament of the

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Final Report - Phase 1 for the period July 1, 2013 to

January 31, 2015). Submitted on August 31, 2015 (135 pages). Printed by the Government

Printer of Trinidad and Tobago.

2013 Project Proposal for The Red House Archaeological Excavations, written for the Office of

the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (June 2013; 12 pages).

2012 Report on The Archaeological Reconnaissance of Cove in Tobago (Phase 2), written for

Fugro, Port of Spain, Trinidad (May 2012; approx. 10 pages).

2011 Interim Report on the St. John Archaeology Project In Archaeology and Anthropology:

Journal of Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 39-54.

2011 Report on The Archaeological Reconnaissance of Cove in Tobago (Phase 1), written for

Fugro, Port of Spain, Trinidad (December 2011; approximately 20 pages).

2007 Report on The Central Block and Areas Southwest of the Central Block, written for BG

Trinidad Limited (May 18, 2007; 20 pages).

2005 Report on Archaeological Surveys and Excavations at Lover’s Retreat, Tobago, written

for Island Investments Company Ltd. (May 17, 2005; 145 pages).

2004 Report on Preliminary Archaeological Surveys of Lover’s Retreat (TOB-69), Tobago,

written for Island Investment Company Limited, 30 Shirvan Road, Tobago.

2003 Report on Archaeological Surveys and Excavations at Blanchisseuse, written for Nagib

Elias & Sons Ltd. (July-August 2003; 70 pages).

3. Research Activities

The pre-colonial and colonial-period archaeology of the Red House site in Port of Spain,

Trinidad. I plan to either author or co-author journal articles or books (on a variety of

topics) relating to the site.

Farming at the pre-colonial site at St. John in southwestern Trinidad. I am in the process

of sending grindstones to the Smithsonian Institution in Panama for starch grain and

phytolith analyses. I plan to write a monograph on my research results and have the

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results included in a book that I plan to write on new discoveries and emerging research

issues in Caribbean archaeology.

Time conception and time reckoning in the Caribbean from 5000 BC to the 21st century. I

was given sabbatical leave in 2010/2011 specifically to undertake this research activity. I

have done thorough literature review of the topic and collated a considerable amount of

information. I plan to write a book on my research findings.

I am producing a volume dedicated to the work of Mr. George Anthony Aarons (1953-

2010), Jamaica’s first archaeologist. The volume will be comprised of chapters written by

contributors who either worked with Mr. Aarons or who are familiar with his work in

Jamaica and the Bahamas.

I was engaged in the Trinidad Railways project (1876-1968) in 2008

http://www.news.gov.tt/archive/index.php?news=820&print. Research was conducted in

tandem with Dr. Bheshem Ramlal of the Faculty of Engineering at U.W.I., St. Augustine

and Mr. Shane Pantin, a postgraduate student in the Department of History at U.W.I., St.

Augustine. Based on oral interviews of individuals who were either employed by or were

commuters on the Trinidad railways, the project was designed to explore the archaeology and

cultural /social history of railways in Trinidad. The documentary/archival data and oral

interviews are currently stored on an external drive at U.W.I., St. Augustine and will eventally be

utilised for a holistic publilcation on Trinidad Railways in 2017/2018.

4. Public, Professional and/or extra Departmental service

2016 Panelist in History Fest Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Workshop

based on the theme: The First Peoples: Myths and Realities. Held at the Learning

Resource Centre (LRC), Ministry of Education, Couva, Thursday March 3, 2016 (10:00

a.m. to 1:00p.m)

2016 Panelist in History Fest Symposium Re-thinking the First Peoples’ Identities Alma Jordan

Library, 3rd Floor, AV Room, February 24, 2016 (12 noon to 1:30 pm).

2016 Part of the Research X-Change on Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management in

Trinidad and Tobago at the Turning Tides Conference. Seminar Room #3, Education

Centre, Faculty of Humanities and Education. February 18, 2016.

2015 Appointed Subject Matter Expert, Course Developer and Course Coordinator for the

Organization of American States (OAS) sponsored course: “Values-based heritage site

management.” UWI Open Campus.

2015 Appointed Regional Advisor for the Organization of American States (OAS) with

respect to Output 5: A Regional Directory and Curricular Enhancement of Heritage

Education. April 2015.

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2015 Organised poster on The Archaeology of the Red House Site (Port of Spain, Trinidad)

featured at the UWI-NGC Research Expo St. Augustine (September 22-25, 2015).

2015 Archaeological Findings of St. John in southwestern,Trinidad featured as a display in the

Alma Jordan Library, U.W.I., St. Augustine during UWI-NGC Research Expo, St.

Augustine (September 22-25, 2015).

2015 Presentation on Trinidad and Tobago’s and Caribbean Archaeology to twenty-five (25)

students and two (2) teachers of the San Juan North Secondary School. Held in the

Archaeology Unit (Department of History) on Friday November 6, 2015 (9:30 am - 11:15

am).

2015 Panel Discussant on the First People’s Legacy at the Boca Lit Fest. Held at San Fernando

Hill on October 11, 2015 http://www.bocaslitfest.com/speaker/basil-reid/ Accessed on

October 12, 2015.

2015 Appointment as a Graduate Faculty Scholar at the University of Central Florida, Orlando,

Florida (USA). Appointment took effect on January 6, 2015.

2014 Featured in DVD produced by the Office of the Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad

and Tobago’s on the Red House Archaeological Restoration This DVD has been

repeatedly featured on the Parliament Channel since December 2014.

2011 Featured in the documentary The Amerindians by Tracy Assing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsMIuJqULzc Accessed on October 7, 2015.

2010 Featured in the documentary Buried Treasures by Alex De Verteuil of Pearl and Dean

Caribbean Ltd. http://arimaborough.gov.tt/?p=84 Accessed on October 7, 2015.

2011-present Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Archaeology and Anthropology of

the Journal of Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology.

2010-present Senior Representative for the Caribbean and Central America, World

Archaeological Congress (WAC).

2010- 2012 Member of the Amerindian Project Sub-Committee in the National Trust of

Trinidad and Tobago.

2009-2014 Editorial Board Member, The Historic Environment: Policy and Practice.

2009-2011 Founder & Editor, History in Action, the Inhouse Journal of the Department of

History, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

2009 Dr. Basil Reid reinterprets the History of the West Indies takes a critical look at early

Caribbean history. http://www.amazing-trinidad-vacations.com/history-of-the-west-

indies.html Accessed on October 6, 2015.

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2009 Feature Speaker at the Valencia Sports and Cultural Foundation: Emancipation

Programme and Awards Function, Sunday July 26, 2009 at the Valencia Government/RC

School. Theme: Seizing the Opportunity through Education.

2009 Reading of Excerpts of Myths and Realities of Caribbean History for members of the

public at Bookophilia, 92 Hope Road, Kingston 6, St Andrew, Jamaica (May 6, 2009).

2009 Public Lecture on “Myths and Realities of Caribbean History” at Devonshire, Devon

House in Kingston, Jamaica (May 5, 2009). The event was organized by the Jamaica

National Heritage Trust.

2009 Public Lecture on selected portions of Myths and Realities of Caribbean History at the

Barbados Museum and Historical Society, St. Ann’s Gallery, Barbados (April 27, 2009)

2008 Q & A: Dr. Basil Reid UWI Lecturer and Archaeologist, Takes A Critical Look At Our

Past by Anna Walcott-Hardy In UWIToday (May - June 2008).

https://sta.uwi.edu/uwitoday/archive/may_2008/article15.asp Accessed on November 20,

2015.

2007 Public Lecture and Launch of Popular Myths and Realities of Caribbean History at the

National Museum, Frederick Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, August 2007.

2007-present External Evaluator with the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago.

2003-2005 Chairman, the 21st Congress of the International Association for Caribbean

Archaeology (IACA).

2003 Feature Speaker on the Amerindian Legacy of Trinidad and Tobago at the President’s [of

Trinidad and Tobago] Committee for National Self-Discovery.

(5) Other Significant Activities, Contributions and Achievements

(i) Writing additional courses for an archaeology minor at UWI, St. Augustine

I am currently writing the following new courses: Forensic Anthropology, Industrial Archaeology

and The Archaeology of Trinidad and Tobago. Subject to approval, these additional courses will

be part of an archaeology minor that will be offered to undergraduate students in 2017/2018.

(ii) Fellowship(s)

2015 I was the recipient of a one month CARPIMS staff fellowship tenable at the University of

South Pacific (USP) in Fiji for the period August 2015. One of the expected outcomes of

my visit to USP will be the production of a book entitled: Early Farming: A Comparative

Study of the Caribbean and the Pacific. This publication, which will be co-authored by

myself and Dr. Frank Thomas (my research counterpart at USP) will lead to be a better

understanding of the genesis of early agriculture in small oceanic societies, such as those

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in the Caribbean and the Pacific. https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=10719 Accessed on

October 19, 2015.

(iii) Recognition

2015-present I am cited as a foundational anthropologist in the course: (SOCI2010)

Anthropology of Peoples of the Caribbean 1 (Semester 2, 2015) (Faculty of Social

Sciences, UWI, St. Augustine)

https://www.academia.edu/14632131/SOCI2010_Anthropology_of_Peoples_of_th

e_Caribbean_Summer_2014-2015_UWI_St._Augustine Several students enrolled

in this course have interviewed me and presented my biography in their

anthropology classes.

(iv) Training

2016 Participant in workshop on The Value of Project Management in Implementing the UWI

Strategic Plan. Organised by University Project Management Office, The University of

the West Indies, Regional Headquarters, Mona. Conference Room of the University

Office of Planning and Development, St. Augustine, Monday April 4, 2016.

2004 Training in the Use of OHM Mapper Resistivity Meter at Geometrics, San Jose,

California, USA (September 24-29, 2004).

2000-2001 Training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with emphasis on ArcView

GIS and IDRIS), Remote Sensing (with emphasis on ENVI), Global Positioning

Systems (GPS), Quantitative Methods (with emphasis on regression analysis) at

the Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (USA).

(v) Features

2016 Featured in article An Amerindian settlement in the city by Bridget Brereton In Trinidad

Express Newspaper, p. 12 ,Thursday May 5, 2016

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20160504/editorial/an-amerindian-settlement-in-the-city

Accessed on May 5, 2016.

2016 Featured in poster: Life in the Caribbean: An Overview of Skeletal Pathology from the

Red House Archaeological Site, Port of Spain, Trinidad by Pastrisha Meyers. Poster was

presented at the 2016 Paleopathology Association (PPA) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia

(USA). April, 2016.

2016 Featured in History in the Present: Honouring Our First Peoples by Claudius Fergus and

Jerome Teelucksingh In UWIToday, Sunday April 3, 2016

https://sta.uwi.edu/uwitoday/article19.asp Accessed on April 6, 2016.

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2015 Featured in The Last Caveman: Poet and Artefact Collector In Trinidad Express

Newspaper http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20151102/features/the-last-caveman

November 2, 2015. Accessed on November 3, 2015.

2015 Featured in The Caribbean’s First Farmers by Richard Charan in Trinidad Express

Newspaper, July 20, 2015. http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20150720/features/the-

caribbeans-first-farmers Accessed on October 6, 2015.

2015 Featured in A New Chapter for the Red House and National History by Dwyone Hoyne In

CrossTalk Issue 04, June - September 2015, pp. 10-12. CrossTalk is a magazine pubished

by the Office of the Parliament of Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

file:///C:/Users/breid/Downloads/2314%20(1).pdf Accessed on February 1, 2016.

2014 Featured in Wade Mark: Bones found at Red House belong to people from AD 990 to

1400 In Trinidad Guardian, December 7, 2014 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2014-12-

07/wade-mark-bones-found-red-house-belong-people-ad-990-1400

2014 Featured in Forensic anthropologist to examine Red House bones. In Trinidad Express

Newspaper, December 6, 2014 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Forensic-

anthropologist-to-examine-Red-House-bones--284989751.html

2014 Featured in Speaker of the House conducts site visit at the Red House Restoration Project

In news.gov.tt http://www.news.gov.tt/content/speaker-house-conducts-site-visit-red-

house-restoration-project#.VhQEtOxVhHw Accessed on October 6, 2015.

2014 Featured in 200-year-old British Army button found at Orange Grove Savannah In

Trinidad Guardian Newspaper (January 12, 2014)

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20150518/features/the-red-house-archaeological-

excavations Accessed on October 6, 2015.

2013 Featured in Trinidad Express Newspaper’s editorial A Welcome Change re the Red

House Restoration Archaeology Project.

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/A-welcome-change-

213779821.html?comments=y&m=y&smobile=y Accessed on October 6, 2015.

2013 Featured in Update on the Red House Restoration Project Government of the Republic of

Trinidad and Tobago http://www.news.gov.tt/archive/index.php?news=13157 Accessed

on October 6, 2015.

2015 Featured in The Red House Restoration Project: From the Ground Up by Atiba Wiltshire

In CrossTalk Issue 02, October - December 2013, pp. 115-16. CrossTalk is a magazine

pubished by the Office of the Parliament of Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

http://www.ttparliament.org/documents/2211.pdf Accessed on February 1, 2016

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2012 Featured on the Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism website re the launch of Caribbean

Heritage. http://artsandculture.gov.tt/index.php/media-area/speeches/124-on-the-occasion-

of-the-book-launch-of-caribbean-heritage-by-dr-basil-a-reid Accessed on October 6,

2015.

2010 Featured in “UWI Group Makes Rare Find in South” In Trinidad Guardian newspaper

concerning discovery of grindstones at St. John in southwestern Trinidad.

http://m.guardian.co.tt/archives/news/general/2010/03/31/uwi-group-makes-rare-find-

south Accessed on October 6, 2015.

(vi) Peer Reviews of Books/Monographs written or edited by Basil A. Reid

2014 Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology edited by Basil A. Reid and R. Grant Gilmore III

(2014). University Press of Florida, Gainesville 383 pp. 140 figs. Reviewed by Todd M.

Ahlman, Centre for Archaeological Studies, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Published in Wiley Online Library,

December 2014

http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.22686?r3_referer=wol&tracking_acti

on=preview_click&show_checkout=1 Accessed on February 5, 2015.

2014 Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology edited by Basil A. Reid and R. Grant Gilmore III

(2014). University Press of Florida, Gainesville 383 pp. 140 figs. Reviewed by Choice: A

publication of the Association of the American Library Association. Editorial Offices: 575

Main Street, Suite 300. Middletown, CT 06457-3445. November 2014

http://www.cro3.org/content/52/03/52-1186.full Accessed on February 6, 2015.

2014 Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology edited by Basil A. Reid and R. Grant Gilmore III

(2014). University Press of Florida, Gainesville 383 pp. 140 figs. Reviewed by Angela

Croome. Published in International Journal of Nautical Archaeology Volume 43, Issue 2,

pages 492–493, September 2014 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1095-

9270.12071_16/abstract Accessed on February 6, 2015.

2014 Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology edited by Basil A. Reid and R. Grant Gilmore III

(2014). University Press of Florida, Gainesville 383 pp. 140 figs. Reviewed by Joseph L.

Scarpaci. Published in Journal of Latin American Geography Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 231 –

232

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/265741553_Encyclopedia_of_Caribbean_Archae

ology_by_Basil_A._Reid_and_Grant_Gilmore_III_%28eds.%29_%28review%29

Accessed on February 6, 2015.

2014 Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology edited by Basil A. Reid and R. Grant Gilmore III

(2014). University Press of Florida, Gainesville 383 pp. 140 figs. Reviewed by Carmen

A. Laguer Díaz

Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 3261. ISBN 1524-

4776. Published in Journal of Caribbean Archaeology, 14, 2014 http://www-a.ibit.uni-

oldenburg.de/ozb_2.0/framedef.php?xbsn=Z21033316 Accessed on February 6, 2015.

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2014 Caribbean Heritage, The University of the West Indies Press, 2012, x + 394 pp.

Reviewed by Konrad A. Antczak, Department of Anthropology, College of William and

Mary, Williamsburg VA, 23187, USA. Published in New West Indian Guide 88 (2014)

309–451

https://www.academia.edu/9117697/Review_of_Basil_A._Reid_ed._Caribbean_Heritage.

_Kingston_University_of_the_West_Indies_Press_2012 Accessed on February 6, 2015.

2014 Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa,

USA, 208p. Reviewed by Amy E. Potter (Louisana State University). Published in H-

LatAm (February, 2014). Commissioned by Dennis R. Hidalgo https://networks.h-

net.org/node/23910/reviews/54566/potter-reid-myths-and-realities-caribbean-history

Accessed on February 6, 2015.

2012 Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa,

USA. Reviewed by Terry Rugeley, University of Oklahoma. Ethnohistory, Volume 59,

Number 2 (Spring 2012), pp. 430-431

http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/content/59/2/430 February 6, 2015.

2011 Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa,

USA, 208p. Reviewed 07 Feb 2011 by Christian N. Vannier <cnvannier@wayne.edu>

Irvin D. Reid Honors College, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA,

Anthropology Review Database

http://wings.buffalo.edu/ARD/cgi/showme.cgi?keycode=3479 Accessed on February 5,

2015.

2010 Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa,

USA, 208p. Reviewed by Sabrina R. Rampersad, The Journal of Caribbean History

Vol. 44, No. 1, 2010 http://www.latam-studies.com/2JCH2010.html Accessed in

November 2014.

2010 Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa,

USA, 208p. Reviewed by José R. Oliver, Institute of Archaeology, University College

London, U.K. In Antiquity, a quarterly review of World Archaeology, Volume: 84,

Number: 325, pp. 890–892, September 2010

http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/084/ant0840890.htm

http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2F27440_C9D2700E2D3A2419E60C

9C37841A94AC_journals__AQY_AQY84_325_S0003598X00100316a.pdf&cover=Y&c

ode=4667f0a2f95b6d08a52396b9fb4b0cce Accessed on February 6, 2015.

2010 Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa,

USA, 208p. Reviewed by Richard T. Callaghan, University of Calgary In Journal of

Anthropological Research, Vol. 66, 2010

2010 Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa,

USA, 208p.

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Reviewed by Barry Chevannes In Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vo. 33, No. 7, July 2010,

pp. 1269-1283 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01419870.2010.483134

Accessed on February 6, 2015.

2010 Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean, University of

Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, USA. Reviewed by Derek R. Miller, Department of

Anthropology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA 23187, U.S.A. In New

West Indian Guide/ Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, Vol. 84. No. 1 &2 (2010), pp. 176-178 `

Accessed on February 6, 2015.

2010 Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa,

USA, 208p. Reviewed by R. Berleant-Schiller, emerita, University of Connecticut In

Choice; Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, March 2010, Vol 47 No. 07.

www.choicemag.org Accessed in July, 2010.

2010 Myths and Realities of Caribbean History, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa,

USA, 208 p. Reviewed by Tracy Assing “In Canoes with the Paperwork” Caribbean

Beat, March/April 2010, p. 47 http://www.meppublishers.com/online/caribbean-

beat/homepage/5005.pdf Accessed on February 6, 2015.

2009 Proceedings of the XXI Congress of the International Association for Caribbean

Archaeology, edited by Basil Reid, Henri Petitjean Roget and Antonio Curet. St.

Augustine, Trinidad: School of Continuing Studies, University of the West Indies, 2007.

Two volumes, 840 pp. Reviewed by Sabrina Rampersad in the ‘Caribbean Archaeology

and Material Culture’ Special Issue of Caribbean Quarterly, Guest Editors: Sabrina R.

Rampersad and James C. Robertson, Vol. 55, No. 2 (June 2009): pp. 177-179.

2009 Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean. Tuscaloosa:

University of Alabama Press, 2008. 234 p. Reviewed by Fraser D. Neiman in the

‘Caribbean Archaeology and Material Culture’ Special Issue of Caribbean Quarterly,

Guest Editors: Sabrina R. Rampersad and James C. Robertson, Vol. 55, No. 2 (June

2009): pp. 184-187.