Many breakthroughs in our understanding oif Anarudhapura’s true antiquity have been made since the 1990s. In 1994-1999, a team of archaeologists comprising representatives from Bradford University (led by Dr. Robin Conningham) the University of Peradeniya and the Government department of Archaeology set about determining how and when the first recognizable form of urban settlement emerged in Sri Lanka. Using old maps, surviving archaeological land features, remote-sensing resistivity meters and excavation techniques, the team built up a picture of a previously unexcavated area. In 1994, the team discovered an ancient silted rock-cut moat in a pdday field. The moat 5 metres (16 feet) deep and 40 meters (130 feet) wide, used to ring the entire city. The team returned over a five-year period and pursued their aim to prove that Anuradhapura had been an urban settlement much earlier than had previously been believed.
Loading
1 comment
Dinesh said:
Many breakthroughs in our understanding oif Anarudhapura’s true antiquity have been made since the 1990s. In 1994-1999, a team of archaeologists comprising representatives from Bradford University (led by Dr. Robin Conningham) the University of Peradeniya and the Government department of Archaeology set about determining how and when the first recognizable form of urban settlement emerged in Sri Lanka. Using old maps, surviving archaeological land features, remote-sensing resistivity meters and excavation techniques, the team built up a picture of a previously unexcavated area. In 1994, the team discovered an ancient silted rock-cut moat in a pdday field. The moat 5 metres (16 feet) deep and 40 meters (130 feet) wide, used to ring the entire city. The team returned over a five-year period and pursued their aim to prove that Anuradhapura had been an urban settlement much earlier than had previously been believed.