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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Maritime Lanka

http://cf.hum.uva.nl/galle/

Describes maritime related archaeology and history of Sri Lanka, including guide to wrecks of European ships from the 17th century.

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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.

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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.

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