A paper by S.U. Deraniyagala, Director-General of Archaeology, Sri Lanka presented at the Proceedings of the XIII Congress Forli'-Italia, 8-14 September, 1996 discussing the cultures, timing, and paleo climates from the first human influences to the Historic Period in Sri Lanka.
An article by Prof. W. I. Siriweera, Vice Chancellor, Rajarata University describing the current understanding of Polonnaruwa a city on the Mahaveli River in Sri Lanka.
Headed by Dr Gill Juleff of the University of Exeter the Samanalawewa Archaeological Project, Sri Lanka focusing on evidence for a first millennium AD iron smelting industry, a new, aerodynamic, principle of smelting technology.
The Archaeology of Southern Sri Lanka is a project supported by SAREC and the University of Uppsala. The primary purpose of which is to carry out archaeological research in the non-Sinhalese areas of Sri Lanka.
An article by Asiff Hussein describing the 1997 discovery by Raj Somadeva and a 10 member team of a shell midden with skeletal remains and stone implements dating to 6000BP.
An article by Tharuka Dissanaike describing the implications of the 1997 discovery of 6000BP human remains at Pallemalala.
A short description of the Sri Lankan-German Ancient Ruhuna Project. Began in 1994, the project is a cooperative archaeological research effort in the Southern Province by Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka, the Commission for General and Comparative Archaeology of the German Archaeological Institute, and the University of Bonn.
An article by S. Kailash Sitrampalam documenting the roots of Muruka worship in Sri Lanka.
Describes maritime related archaeology and history of Sri Lanka, including guide to wrecks of European ships from the 17th century.
Numerous articles and images on prehistoric settlements, some made perhaps 500 millenia ago.
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