Author: Paulus Edward Pieris DeraniyagalaPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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The Pleistocene of Ceylon
Author: Paulus Edward Pieris DeraniyagalaPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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The Pleistocene Perspective
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Category : Anthropology, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Ancient Ceylon
Author: The Pleistocene of Ceylon, Etc
Author: Ceylon. Department of National MuseumsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 164
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An Experimental Approach to Archaeomorphometrics
Author: Kalangi RodrigoPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803271914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Measurements of bones and teeth play an important role in zooarchaeology. This study aims to publish a set of metapodial (Artiodactyl) measurements to facilitate comparisons with other bones from archaeological sites and to help the interpretation of measurement data; and to gain a better understanding of metric data.
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Author: McGill UniversityPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Mountain at a Center of the World
Author: Alexander McKinleyPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231558503
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
At the pilgrimage site of Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, a footprint is embedded atop the mountain summit. Buddhists hold that it was left by the Buddha, Hindus say Lord Siva, and Muslims and Christians identify it with Adam, the first man. The Sri Lankan state, for its part, often uses the Peak as a prop to convey a harmonious image of religious pluralism, despite increasing Buddhist hegemony. How should the diversity of this place be understood historically and managed practically? Considering the varied heritage of this sacred site, Alexander McKinley develops a new account of pluralism based in political ecology, representing the full array of actors and issues on the mountain. From its diverse people to rare species to deep geology, the Peak exemplifies a planetary pluralism that recognizes a multiplicity of beings while accepting competition and disorder. Taking a place-based approach, McKinley casts the mountain as an actor, exploring how its rocks, forests, and waters promote pilgrimage, inspire storytelling, and make ethical demands on human communities. Combining history and ethnography while furnishing original translations of sources from Pali, Sinhala, and Tamil, this multidisciplinary and stylistically innovative book shows how religious traditions share literal common ground in their reverence for the mountain.
Annotated Bibliography of Quaternary Shorelines (1945-1964)
Author: Horace Gardiner RichardsPublisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781422317754
Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Ecology and Biogeography in Sri Lanka
Author: C.H. FernandoPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400965451
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
When the late Professor Joachim Illies suggested in 1980 that I edit a volume of the Monographiae Biologicae on Sri Lanka, I was glad to accept the challenge. Although I had spent only six years of my research and teaching career in Sri Lanka, I had made personal contact or corresponded with many scientists who had worked in, still work in, or who have studied material from Sri Lanka. The present domicile of the authors of the chapters in this volume shows the wide geographic spread of interest in Sri Lanka, and indicates also the dispersion of Sri Lankan scientists like myself. Sri Lanka has had a relatively long history of indigenous scientific research in the natural sciences. From the early work of Kelaart (1852, Prodromous Fauna Zeylanicae, Ceylon Govt. Press, 250 pp.) to the present time, there has been a more or less sustained research effort in the natural sciences. The Colombo Museum, which celebrated its centenary only a few years ago, and the world famous Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, served as repositories and bases for continued research on the fauna and flora. There are a number of land marks in these studies.
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