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Title

Perspectives in archaeology : Leelananda Prematilleke Festschrift, 1990 / editorial board: Sudharshan Seneviratne ... [et al.].

Publication

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka : Dept. of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya, c1990.

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Additional Authors

• Prematilleke, P. L. (Pawuludevage Leelananda), 1922-
• Seneviratne, Sudharshan.
• Prematilleka, Leelananda.
• University of Peradeniya. Department of Archaeology.

Description

ix, 190 p., [68] p. of plates : ill., maps; 29 cm.

Summary

Festschrift honoring Leelananda Prematilleke, eminent archaeologist from Sri Lanka.

Subject

• Excavations (Archaeology) > Sri Lanka
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Archaeology > Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka > Antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• The prehistoric chronology of Sri Lanka / S.U. Deraniyagala -- Prehistoric research in India as viewed by two senior American archaeologists / K. Paddayya -- Palaeodemography of Sri Lanka and Peninsular India / K.A.R. Kennedy -- Origins of the Sinhalese / Eugene Wikramanayake -- A calcolithic farmstead in the Deccan / M.K. Dhavalikar, V.S. Shinde, and Shubha Atre -- Cattle in the ancient Sri Lankan economy / W.I. Siriweera -- Early iron production / Rod Clough -- Metal mining sites in ancient Sri Lanka / W.M.A.A. Karunaratne and C.B Dissanayake -- A typology of the crucibles found at Polonnaruwa / K.H. Jayatilleke -- A study of the Kadiragala Brahmi inscription / Piyatissa Senanayake -- The form 'velu' of Sri Lankan Brahmi inscriptions / S.K. Sitrampalam -- A historical evaluation of Konecar Kalvettu / A. Veluppillai -- The Roman coin-hoard exibited at the Peradeniya University Archaeological Museum / Damayanthi Gunasekera -- Some geological aspects of the Sigiriya fortress (5th century AD), Sri Lanka / Kapila Dahanayake -- The engineering principles behind the largest brick monuments of the ancient world / Roland Silva -- Roof styles at Polonnaruva / Takeshi Nakagawa.
• Studies in the techniques of ancient paintings in Sri Lanka / Nimal de Silva -- Avalokiteswara (Natha) in Sri Lanka / Nandana Chutiwongs -- A life after death / Sudharshan Seneviratne -- The archaeologist and the early state / Henri J.M. Claessen -- The ideology of work and the development of Teohuacan / Donald V. Kurtz -- Periodisation of Indian Ocean maritime trade / Moira Tampoe.

LCCN

^^^93902692^

OCLC

• 29815690
• SCSB-10206888

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library