Browsing ARS - 2011 by Author "Weliange, W.S."

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Discovery of an iron smelting site in Waakare, Batticaloa district in Sri Lanka

Algiriya, P.; Dandeniya, A.S.; Alahakoon, A.M.D.; Weliange, W.S. (12th Annual Research Symposium, University of Kelaniya, 2011)

Steel was being produced in Sri Lanka since 300 BC by furnaces blown by the monsoon winds, and the protohistoric Early Iron Age in Sri Lanka lasted from 1000 to 600 BC. In March 2010, a group of researchers from the ...
Ethno-eththo of Sri Lanka, the Vanneale: Ornithology of the Veddah

Weliange, W.S.; Dandeniya, A.S.; Algiriya, P.; Alahakoon, A.M.D.; Dewage, D. (University of Kelaniya, 2011)

Interviews were conducted with Veddah; the aboriginal people in Sri Lanka, during fieldwork in 2010 and 2011. Joint observations of birds in the wild, examination of illustrations and bird calls helped generate 25 Veddah ...
Present status of coastal Veddahs in Wakare, Sri Lanka

Weliange, W.S.; Dandeniya, A.S.; Alahakoon, A.M.D.; Algiriya, P. (University of Kelaniya, 2011)

The Coast Veddas or Vedar or Veda Vellalar are Tamilized indigenous Veddah people, who have adopted a dialect of the Tamil language and some of the Tamil social customs, while some original language and customs are still ...

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