ITTEKANDA CAVE 1

(Ratnapura District - LK)
6.400000,80.633300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The first of three unspecified caves or rock shelters (Brooks 1995 Mss no. 35, 36, 37 after DERANIYAGALA 1980: 177). SITUATION: Somewhere in the hillside of Ittakanda (Brooks 1995 Mss) or the village of Ittekanda (N06°24': E080°38' nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003), possibly in the Kolonne (Kolonna) korale. CULTURAL HISTORY - Archaeology (DERANIYAGALA 1980: 177): Excavation yielded stone tools made from chert and quartz.

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History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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