POTANA SHELTER
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Description
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).
Histoire
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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5.8 | SIGIRIYA ROCK SHELTER | ||
5.8 | Aligala Galge | ||
5.8 | COBRA HOOD CAVE, Sigiriya | ||
5.8 | SIGIRIYA CAVE (KUSCH 1973) | ||
5.8 | ASSANG CAVE, Sigiriya | ||
8.2 | PIDURAGALA CAVE no. 1 | ||
8.2 | PIDURAGALA CAVE no. 2 | ||
9.7 | DAMBULLA GALGE | ||
17.1 | Galapitagala Cave |