POTANA SHELTER

(Matale District - LK)
7.933300,80.700000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An archaeologically excavated but otherwise unspecified shelter (or cave where humans took shelter) yielded charcoal dated to 5800 cal BP (DERANIYAGALA 2002: 5 after Adikari 1998). SITUATION: In the lowland Dry Zone (DERANIYAGALA 2002: 5) at an unspecified distance of 5 km (either along a route or in a direct line) approximately west of Sigiriya and, apparently, at a location spatially related to a place called Potana (note 1).An archaeologically excavated but otherwise unspecified shelter (or cave where humans took shelter) yielded charcoal dated to 5800 cal BP (DERANIYAGALA 2002: 5 after Adikari 1998). SITUATION: In the lowland Dry Zone (DERANIYAGALA 2002: 5) at an unspecified distance of 5 km (either along a route or in a direct line) approximately west of Sigiriya and, apparently, at a location spatially related to a place called Potana (note 1).

Documents

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History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
5.8SIGIRIYA ROCK SHELTER
5.8Aligala Galge
5.8COBRA HOOD CAVE, Sigiriya
5.8SIGIRIYA CAVE (KUSCH 1973)
5.8ASSANG CAVE, Sigiriya
8.2PIDURAGALA CAVE no. 1
8.2PIDURAGALA CAVE no. 2
9.7DAMBULLA GALGE
17.1Galapitagala Cave