Prishanta Gunawardhana
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 228285 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Prishanta Gunawardhana |
| PRENOMES | Prishanta |
| SOBRENOME | Gunawardhana |
| ASSINATURA | GUNAWARDHANA P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Kelaniya |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 19 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
From village to state, and back again
Many have attempted to identify the causes of the abandonment of Sri Lanka’s first capital, Anuradhapura, but few have documented the characteristics of its de-urbanization. By mapping disruptions to established networks of resource procurement and production across its hinterland settlements, we present evidence that the city reverted to procuring and processing its own materials in its terminal phases, coming to resemble the footprint of a larg…
Low-Density Urbanism in Medieval Sri Lanka
A hinterland survey at Polonnaruva has revealed that a planned pluralistic landscape \ndeveloped during the latter part of the Early Medieval period (A.D. 600-1200). This \nrepresents a significant shift in settlement pattern from the organically derived model of \nBuddhist Temporalities found at the antecedent capital, Anuradhapura. In comparison, \nsettlements around Polonnaruva were larger, longer-lived and evenly distributed. This \ncoincided…
The antiquity of Jaffna Fort
Archaeology and cosmopolitanism in early historic and medieval Sri Lanka
Whilst the Early Historic and Medieval periods of Sri Lanka are often presented as a golden age of Sinhalese and Buddhist achievement, there is also substantial evidence for a multiplicity of communities residing within the island during that time.This is unsurprising, given the island's location on trade routes spanning the Indian Ocean, linking its communities with East Africa, the Middle East, South-east Asia and China.The physical evidence of…
Anuradhapura
The third volume of the Anuradhapura series documents the results of six years of settlement survey, excavation and geoarchaeology in the hinterland of the Citadel. Mapping the response of rural communities to the growth of Anuradhapura as Sri Lankan capital and Indian Ocean pilgrimage centre, this interdisciplinary study presents the establishment and consolidation of settlement within the island's Dry Zone and the associated investment in hydra…
Luminescence dating of brick stupas
The domed stupas are among the most distinctive of South Asia's religious monuments and have been shown to be sensitive indicators for their society. Since arguments for economic and political change depend on accurate dating, and since the stupas are largely composed of brick, the authors here assess the potential for dating building sequences by applying optically stimulated luminescence to brick fabric. As so often, good scientific dates obtai…
Contextualising the Tabbova-Maradanmaduva ‘Culture’
Terracotta figurines and artefacts discovered throughout Sri Lanka, especially in the North Central Province, have been traditionally assigned to the Tabbova-Maradanmaduva culture. Not a single stratigraphic excavation has been conducted at any site where a terracotta assemblage has been recovered, leading to a variety of divergent opinions as to the date of such artefacts. In addition, the corpus is often presumed to represent ‘folk art’ spontan…
At the equator
America or southern Africa, for that matter. 2. A set-up in horizontal orientation was attempted but maintaining an exact horizontal alignment while rotating through 360 was impossible
The state of theocracy
The ancient Sri Lankan city of Anuradhapura is currently the subject of one of the world's largest and most intensive archaeological research projects. Having traced its growth from an Iron Age village to a medieval city, the research team now moves to the task of modelling the surrounding landscape. Three seasons of fieldwork have located numerous sites of which the most prominent in the urban period are monasteries. Here is a clue about how the…
The Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) Project
L’arriere-pays du site d’Anuradhapura, capitale du Sri Lanka pendant 1500 ans classee au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO, fait l’objet d’un projet de recherche visant a etablir la relation entre les etablissements ruraux et la ville. Le premier objectif est de modeliser les reseaux entre les communautes rurales et urbaines. Pour ce faire, une premiere phase de prospection a tout d’abord permis d’identifier des sites, evalues ensuite a l’aide de so…
The state of theocracy
The ancient Sri Lankan city of Anuradhapura is currently the subject of one of the world's largest and most intensive archaeological research projects. Having traced its growth from an Iron Age village to a medieval city, the research team now moves to the task of modelling the surrounding landscape. Three seasons of fieldwork have located numerous sites of which the most prominent in the urban period are monasteries. Here is a clue about how the…
Luminescence dating of brick stupas
The domed stupas are among the most distinctive of South Asia's religious monuments and have been shown to be sensitive indicators for their society. Since arguments for economic and political change depend on accurate dating, and since the stupas are largely composed of brick, the authors here assess the potential for dating building sequences by applying optically stimulated luminescence to brick fabric. As so often, good scientific dates obtai…
Contextualising the Tabbova-Maradanmaduva ‘Culture’
Terracotta figurines and artefacts discovered throughout Sri Lanka, especially in the North Central Province, have been traditionally assigned to the Tabbova-Maradanmaduva culture. Not a single stratigraphic excavation has been conducted at any site where a terracotta assemblage has been recovered, leading to a variety of divergent opinions as to the date of such artefacts. In addition, the corpus is often presumed to represent ‘folk art’ spontan…
The Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) Project
L’arriere-pays du site d’Anuradhapura, capitale du Sri Lanka pendant 1500 ans classee au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO, fait l’objet d’un projet de recherche visant a etablir la relation entre les etablissements ruraux et la ville. Le premier objectif est de modeliser les reseaux entre les communautes rurales et urbaines. Pour ce faire, une premiere phase de prospection a tout d’abord permis d’identifier des sites, evalues ensuite a l’aide de so…
The Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) Project
L’arriere-pays du site d’Anuradhapura, capitale du Sri Lanka pendant 1500 ans classee au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO, fait l’objet d’un projet de recherche visant a etablir la relation entre les etablissements ruraux et la ville. Le premier objectif est de modeliser les reseaux entre les communautes rurales et urbaines. Pour ce faire, une premiere phase de prospection a tout d’abord permis d’identifier des sites, evalues ensuite a l’aide de so…
The state of theocracy
The ancient Sri Lankan city of Anuradhapura is currently the subject of one of the world's largest and most intensive archaeological research projects. Having traced its growth from an Iron Age village to a medieval city, the research team now moves to the task of modelling the surrounding landscape. Three seasons of fieldwork have located numerous sites of which the most prominent in the urban period are monasteries. Here is a clue about how the…
At the equator
America or southern Africa, for that matter. 2. A set-up in horizontal orientation was attempted but maintaining an exact horizontal alignment while rotating through 360 was impossible
Contextualising the Tabbova-Maradanmaduva ‘Culture’
Terracotta figurines and artefacts discovered throughout Sri Lanka, especially in the North Central Province, have been traditionally assigned to the Tabbova-Maradanmaduva culture. Not a single stratigraphic excavation has been conducted at any site where a terracotta assemblage has been recovered, leading to a variety of divergent opinions as to the date of such artefacts. In addition, the corpus is often presumed to represent ‘folk art’ spontan…
Anuradhapura
The third volume of the Anuradhapura series documents the results of six years of settlement survey, excavation and geoarchaeology in the hinterland of the Citadel. Mapping the response of rural communities to the growth of Anuradhapura as Sri Lankan capital and Indian Ocean pilgrimage centre, this interdisciplinary study presents the establishment and consolidation of settlement within the island's Dry Zone and the associated investment in hydra…
Luminescence dating of brick stupas
The domed stupas are among the most distinctive of South Asia's religious monuments and have been shown to be sensitive indicators for their society. Since arguments for economic and political change depend on accurate dating, and since the stupas are largely composed of brick, the authors here assess the potential for dating building sequences by applying optically stimulated luminescence to brick fabric. As so often, good scientific dates obtai…
Archaeology and cosmopolitanism in early historic and medieval Sri Lanka
Whilst the Early Historic and Medieval periods of Sri Lanka are often presented as a golden age of Sinhalese and Buddhist achievement, there is also substantial evidence for a multiplicity of communities residing within the island during that time.This is unsurprising, given the island's location on trade routes spanning the Indian Ocean, linking its communities with East Africa, the Middle East, South-east Asia and China.The physical evidence of…
The antiquity of Jaffna Fort
Low-Density Urbanism in Medieval Sri Lanka
A hinterland survey at Polonnaruva has revealed that a planned pluralistic landscape \ndeveloped during the latter part of the Early Medieval period (A.D. 600-1200). This \nrepresents a significant shift in settlement pattern from the organically derived model of \nBuddhist Temporalities found at the antecedent capital, Anuradhapura. In comparison, \nsettlements around Polonnaruva were larger, longer-lived and evenly distributed. This \ncoincided…
From village to state, and back again
Many have attempted to identify the causes of the abandonment of Sri Lanka’s first capital, Anuradhapura, but few have documented the characteristics of its de-urbanization. By mapping disruptions to established networks of resource procurement and production across its hinterland settlements, we present evidence that the city reverted to procuring and processing its own materials in its terminal phases, coming to resemble the footprint of a larg…
Geography (8 obras) · History (8 obras) · Sri lanka (8 obras) · Ancient history (7 obras) · Archaeology (7 obras) · South asia (7 obras) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (5 obras) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 obras)