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The second season of the hunters in Transition project by Prof Raj Somadeva was initiated between 22nd July and 4th September 2016. Two excavations have been carried out in Illukkumbura of Balangoda. The objective of the fieldwork was to investigate the adaptation of the prehistoric communities in the area to the climatic changes of the […]

By Sachin Kumar Tiwary Ethno rock art can provide insights of value to Archaeoscientists into how people in the past may have lived, especially with regard to their social structures, religious beliefs and other aspects of their culture”. This way, the methodological approach proposed in this publication can also contribute for the development of Cognitive Archaeology, […]

AMA Dayananda and Mahinda Karunarathna, Maritime Archaeology Unit, Central Cultural Fund Maritime Archaeology Unit (MAU) of Central Cultural Fund (CCF) is carried out an underwater Archaeological non-disturbance exploration in the Eastern coastal area (From Trincomalee to Potuvill), 13th of July to 26th of August 2013. Drawing the measured and nonmeasured drawings, photographic and video documentation, applying GPS […]

Pramuditha Munusinghe from archaeology.lk interviews Dr. Karen Lee, a curator from the Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum and research complex based in Washington, D.C. Dr. Lee express her views on modern museums, how they should change for the future and collections in Sri Lanka museums. write me an essay zp8497586rq

Hunugalagala is a limestone cave situated on the southern slope of the central highlands in Sri Lanka. It is a mighty rock formation that has been formed through million years ago. The surrounding area of this cave had been used by the foraging communities at least 4000 years ago. Grind-stones utilized for cereal processing and […]

  Cover Page Somadeva, R., 2006. Urban Origins in Southern Sri Lanka. Studies in Global Archaeology 3. Uppsala, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, 436 pp., 9 diagrams, 18 maps, 122 figures, 130 plates, 201 tables, 9 appendices. ISSN 1651-1255, ISBN XXXX. This study focuses upon the development of urbanization in southern Sri Lanka during […]

  Bibliography of Prof. Senarat Paranavitana Publications edited by Prof. Senarat Paranavitana Epigraphia Zeylanica: being lithic and other inscriptions of Ceylon. Vol.3, 1928-1933, edited by S. Paranavitana, London, published for the Govt. of Ceylon by Humphrey Milford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1933, xvi, 358p., 38 pls. Epigraphia Zeylanica: being lithic and other inscriptions of Ceylon. Vol.4, […]

Book Launch How to Get Abs Dr. Vidanapathirana’s investigation of the relict cultural landscape of the two key river basins of the Malvatu Oya and Kala Oya has the distinction of being a pioneering study and the first book in the relatively neglected field of Sri Lanka’s historical geography. It places archaeological remains, inscriptional records, […]

This article was originally published on The Sundaytimes paper on October 30, 2011. Kumudini Hettiarachchi reports, Pix by M.A. Pushpa Kumara The most recent “surgical” first in Sri Lanka to hit the headlines is a liver transplant from a live donor just weeks ago. Skilled surgeons, modern technology and well-equipped hospitals are prerequisites to perform […]

This article was first published in the “Bulletin of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (2011), 35: 9–17″.  Published in archaeology.lk with the permission from  R. Muthucumarana A.S. Gaur1, R. Muthucumarana2, W.M. Chandraratne2, B.C. Orillandeda3, M. Manders4, S. Karunarathna2, P. Weerasinghe2, A.M.A. Dayananda2, T. Zainab5, A. Sudaryadi6, K.A.B.A. Ghani7, J. Wahjudin6, N. Samaraweera2. 1. National […]