Ms. Ishini Thamodya, a 3rd year Archaeology undergraduate of the Department of History and Archaeology won the title ‘Dharaa Young Artist’ at the ‘Dharaa 2023’, the grand finale of the Inter-faculty Singing Competition of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, held at Nelum Pokuna Theater, Colombo on 07th July 2023. This competitive event was organized by...Read More
During the recent visit to Dambana Village in end-June 2023, the Chief of the Vedda community, Uruwarige Wanniyalaettho, awarded Dr. Oshan Wedage, a Senior Lecturer of the Department of History and Archaeology (USJ), and Dr. Patrick Roberts, the Lead Scientist of the Department of Archaeology of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (Germany), with one...Read More
The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a two-day field visit for the 4th year Archaeology (Honours) Degree undergraduate students related to their final year course unit on ‘Practical Monument Conservation’, at Star Granite factory and Anuradhapura on the 28th and 29th of March 2023. On the way to...Read More
The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a two-day training program for 2nd year History and Archaeology students on taking inscription stampages with regard to the 2nd year course unit on Épigraphy and Character Morphology, in Anuradhapura, on the 29th and 30th of April 2023. Under the guidance of...Read More
The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized an Instrument training and practical demonstration for the 4th year Archaeology (Honours) Degree undergraduates relevant to their final year course unit on ‘Arcaheo-Chemistry’, on 27th April 2023, at the Instrument Centre of the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Applied Sciences,...Read More
With the objective of venerating Lord Buddha with the spirit of giving and celebrating the annual Vesak Poya Day, the Students Association of the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a ‘Vesak Dansela’ on the 03rd May 2023 at the Faculty premises. Under the guidance of the Head of...Read More
A foreign research team from the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology (Germany) and several other institutions headed by Dr. Patrick Roberts visited the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 13th June 2023. The team comprised Dr. Patrick Roberts (British), Dr. Shira Yoshimi Maezumi (USA) and Dr. Rachel Claire Rudd (Australian), representing...Read More
The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a two-day training program for 3rd-year History and Archaeology students on the course units of traditional irrigation and epigraphy at the Rajagala Archaeological Project, on the 4th and 5th of March 2023. Under the guidance of the Head of the Department and...Read More
The History and Archaeology Students’ Association of the Department of History and Archaeology, organized an ‘O/L History Revision Seminar’ targeting the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination-2023, on the 16th February 2023, at Hinguralakanda Maha Vidyalaya, Dehiowita, with the participation of O/L students from Godagampala Maha Vidyalaya, Ambalanpitiya Maha Vidyalaya, Yogama Vidyalaya and Hinguralakanda Maha Vidyalaya. The...Read More
The prehistoric context of the southern coast of Sri Lanka was first explored during the colonial period and it was revisited by Dr. Siran Deraniyagala in the 1970s’. His research excavation at ‘Bundala-Pathirajawela’ indicated that the site dated to nearly 125,000BP (Middle-Paleolithic period). In 2019, under the directorship of Dr. Deraniyagala, Sen. Lect. (Dr.) Oshan...Read More
