The Discovery and Excavation of a Human Burial from the Mini-athiliya Shell Midden in Southern Sri Lanka | Zendy

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The Discovery and Excavation of a Human Burial from the Mini-athiliya Shell Midden in Southern Sri Lanka

Author(s) -

Samanti Kulatilake,

Nimal Perera,

Siran Deraniyagala,

Jude Perera

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

ancient asia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17

H-Index - 2

ISSN - 2042-5937

DOI - 10.5334/aa.12319

Subject(s) - midden , excavation , sri lanka , archaeology , holocene , shell (structure) , geology , geography , history , ancient history , engineering , civil engineering , south asia

Several shell middens of coastal Sri Lankaindicate human occupation in the mid-Holocene and are recognized as being of primeimportance in the archaeological narrative of the island. A salvage archaeologyoperation conducted at the Mini-athiliya shell midden in the Southern Province of SriLanka, yielded ancient human remains associated with stone implements and culturallymodified faunal remains. The main objective of this rescue operation was to mitigate thedestruction to this archaeological site. We report the excavation strategy and dating ofthis mid-Holocene shell midden, while focusing on the discovery and extraction of acomplete human burial that had not been disturbed by the shell mining activity at thesite. This excavation is intended to serve as a precursor to systematic investigation ofthe coastal shell middens of southern SriLanka.

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