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Where Farmers Till For Coins
http://lakdiva.org/coins/ruhuna/2001trip/
Features Kavan Ratnatunga's trip to the Ruhuna Region of Sri Lanka in December, 2001. With description and photos of coins and artifacts excavated from this area.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maritime Lanka
Describes maritime related archaeology and history of Sri Lanka, including guide to wrecks of European ships from the 17th century.
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.
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.