Category: Maritime Archaeology
Over 100 Sri Lanka Dive Sites are related to historical shipwrecks in Sri Lankan waters. They are scattered around the country, and there may be many unknown historical shipwrecks around the country. Most of the identified historical shipwrecks belong to the colonial period, and the oldest shipwreck site identified is the 2000 years old Godawaya […]
Mahinda Karunarathna, Development officer, Regional Office (Central), Department of Archaeology. WM. Chandrarathne, Officer in Charge, Maritime Archaeology Unit, Galle Project, CCF. Abstract The main objective of this research is to explicate the significance of Cowry Shells (Monetaria moneta) that discovered from the Ancient Harbour of Ambalangoda which located at No 85 –Patabandimulla Grama Niladari […]
By Lieutenant Commander Somasiri Devendra, SLN (Rtd.) Published in Honouring Martin Quere o.m.i, ed. Gerard Robuchon, Viator Publications, 2002. Sailing Ships and Temple walls Preamble The present paper is an account of work in progress on a subject the writer has been desultorily researching over some years. Work has not been systematically carried out […]
Mahinda Karunarathna, Apprentice Graduate, Regional Office, Central Province, Department of Archaeology. [email protected] – 0719945046 Dr. Mohamed Sulthan Mohamed Saleem, Senior Lecturer, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya. [email protected] W.M Chandrarathne, Officer in Charge & Project Manager, Maritime Archaeology Unit & Maritime Archaeology Museum, Galle project, Central Cultural Fund. [email protected] […]
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 […]
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 […]
By A.M.A.Dayananda forex trading software * This article was first published in proceedings of ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE, 2011, Manila Abstract The shipwreck Earl of Shaftsbury is buried on the southern coast of Sri Lanka very close to a frequented tourist destination. It was run aground hitting on a rock at Akurala […]
Underwater Archaeology Course 2011 Maritime Archaeology Unit – Central Cultural Fund – Galle – Sri Lanka 05th – 09th DECEMBER 2011 buy cheapest viagra online aeology-short-course-2011/attachment/archaeology-poster/” rel=”attachment wp-att-1531″> The Maritime Archaeology Unit (MAU) of Sri Lanka is the only authorized institute that engaged in underwater archaeological fieldwork. Under this program (with the Archaeology.lk Group) we […]
INTRODUCTION http://www.panonbelievers.org Avondster Project Report 2011 Sri Lanka is strategically located between Arabia and East Asia, at a natural crossroads of navigational routes, and has been a centre of trade and cultural exchange since ancient times. Sri Lankaʼs seafaring history, and the archaeological riches of her land sites, suggests that her underwater sites may […]