James Conolly, Trent University

Research

hunter-gatherers archaeology environmental archaeology human ecology geoarchaeology underwater archaeology

Latest funding

Small Worlds: The Historical Landscapes and Maritime Communities of Main Duck Island, Lake Ontario
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$189,929
Development of Methodological and Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Inundated Cultural Landscapes in the Great Lakes Region
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$42,036
Human-environmental relationships in late hunter-gatherer and early farming societies in the Kawartha Lakes, 4500 to 500 BP
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$196,644

All 7 grants and awards

Small Worlds: The Historical Landscapes and Maritime Communities of Main Duck Island, Lake Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Conolly, James

$189,929

Development of Methodological and Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Inundated Cultural Landscapes in the Great Lakes Region

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Conolly, James

Keywords: geoarchaeology; underwater archaeology; hunter-gatherers

$42,036

Human-environmental relationships in late hunter-gatherer and early farming societies in the Kawartha Lakes, 4500 to 500 BP

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Conolly, James

Keywords: archaeology; environmental archaeology; human ecology; hunter-gatherers

$196,644

Mid-Holocene human ecology in the Trent Valley, Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Conolly, James

Keywords: archaeology; historical ecology; settlement patterns

$70,650

Archaeology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009

Principal investigators: Conolly, James

Keywords: agricultural origins, neolithic, bioarchaeology, human ecology, human evolution.

$500,000

Small worlds: the long-term island dynamics of Antikythera, Greece

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Conolly, James

Keywords: landscape archaeology; environmental archaeology; human ecology; social evolution

$135,064

Canada Research Chair in Archaeological Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Conolly, James

Keywords: landscape archaeology; spatial analysis; metiterranean prehistory; survey methods geographical information systems (gis)

$500,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: hunter-gatherers Dear Professor Conolly, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on hunter-gatherers connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Small Worlds: The Historical Landscapes and Maritime Communities of Main Duck Island, Lake Ontario" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]