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The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of Sri Lanka through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).

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• Archaeologists

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• Ancient Polonnaruwa and its environs

  http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo.html
  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.

• Here They Lived and Died

  http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/palle2.html
  An article by Tharuka Dissanaike describing the implications of the 1997 discovery of 6000BP human remains at Pallemalala.

• Muruka Cult in Ancient Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective

  http://murugan.org/research/sitrampalam.htm
  An article by S. Kailash Sitrampalam documenting the roots of Muruka worship in Sri Lanka.

• Pallemalala Discovery Throws Light on Lanka's Pre-historic Culture

  http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/palle1.html
  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.

• Pre and Proto-historic Settlement in Sri Lanka

  http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/dera1.html
  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.

• Sri Lankan-Dutch Archaeological Co-operation

  http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/iiasn2/south/srilanka.txt
  A short article by A. van Schaik of the University of Leiden describing current cooperation and calling for further cooperation concerning VOC (Dutch East India Company) Period researches.

• Taprobane: Ancient Sri Lanka as known to the Greeks and Romans

  http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1999/1999-08-08.html
  Book review by Nancy C. Wilkie.

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