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Research article documenting the roots of Murukan worship in Sri Lanka.

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PREHISTORIC AND PROTOHISTORIC SCIENCES Member of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (C.l.P.S.H. - U.N.E.S.C.O.) PROCEEDINGS OF THE XIII CONGRESS FORLI' - ITALIA - 8 - 14 September, 1996 VOLUME 5 / Section 16 ( The prehistory of Asia and Oceania) @ 1998, by A.B.A.C.O. s.r.l, Forli, Italy. Pages 277-285 XIII U. I. S. P. P. Congress Proceedings- ...

Here they lived and died An accidental find turns out to be an exciting and important archaeological discovery. Could a grave of stone age people, literally stumbled upon in the arid area of Pallemalala, at Hambantota reveal that vital missing link between the mid-stone era and the iron age Tharuka Dissanaike reports Several thousand years ago, a group of pre- historic people set up camp at a ...

Pallemalala discovery throws new light on Lanka's pre-historic culture by Asiff Hussein A major archaeological breakthrough that could shed new light on the physical type and lifestyle of the island's pre-historic population has been accomplished by a team of Sri Lankan Archaeologists. This follows the discovery in late 1997 of a shell midden containing the skeletal remains and implements of ...