FURTHERSTUDIES IN THE SETLEMENT ARCHAEOLOGYOF THESIGIRIYA-DAMBULLAREGION

Editors

Senake Bandaranayake Mats Mogren

Associate Editors

Eva Myrdal-Runebjer Seneviratne Epitawatte Amy de Silva Nilu Abeyaratne

Priyantha Karunaratne

THE POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA

PART I INTRODUCTION

1. Traversing an Archaeological Landscape

Senake Bandaranayake

2. Objectives, Methods, Constraints and Perspectives

Mats Mogren

Appendix I: The Methodology

of the 1992 SARCP Pottery Analysis

Workshop.

Appendix II: 14C-datings

PART II

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD

3. Approaches to the Prehistory of the Sigiriya-Dambulla Region

Gamini Adikari

4. Excavations at Aligala Prehistoric Site

Priyantha Karunaratne

and Gamini Adikari

5. Excavations at the Sigiri-Potana Cave Complex: A Preliminary Account

Gamini Adikari

PART III

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE HISTORIC PERIOD

6. The Archaeology of Talkote

Mats Mogren

Appendix: A Catalogue of Archaeological Sites in the Talkote Area

7. Excavations at Tammannagala

Raj Somadeva and

Manjula Kasthurisinghe

8. A Brief Report of the Excavation at Ibbankatuva, a Proto and Early Historic Settlement Site

Priyantha Karunaratne

9. New Information on Mapagala

W.A. Kumaradasa

10. Dehigaha-ala-kanda (KO . 14) at Alakolavava: An Early Iron Production Site with a Highly

Developed Technology

Svante Forenius and

Rose Solangaarachchi

11. The Eastern Precinct of the Sigiriya Complex

Priyantha Karunaratne

12. The Archaeolo gy of Irrigated Agriculture. A Case Study of Vavalavava - Sigiri Maha vava

Irrigation System

Eva Myrdal-Runebjer

PART IV

EPIGRAPHY

13. Epigraphy of the Sigiriya-Dambulla Region

Raj Somadeva

Appendix: A catalogue of inscriptions

14. Sigiri Graffiti: New Readings

Benille Priyanka

PART V

ETHNO-ARCHAEOLOGY

15. Premodern Sigiriya Region an Ethno-archaeological Perspective

Eva Myrdal-Runebjer

16. Food Procurement: Labour Processes and Environmental Setting

Eva Myrdal-Runebjer

17. Hunting, Trapping, Catching and Fishing

Eva Myrdal-Runebjer and Anura Yasapala

18. Dwelling and Household: Activity Areas, Tools and Auxiliary Devices

Eva Myrdal-Runebjer,

Damayanthi Gunawardena,

Sudarshani Fernando*

19. The System of Lan and Domestic Measurement Used in Nagalavava

Prishantha Gunawardena

20. Plants Used in the Household

T.R. Premathilake, S. Epitawatte,

Anura Yasapala,

Eva Myrdal-Runebjer

References for Ethno-archaeology Section

Index of Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhala and Tamil Words

Project Staff and Management