Aligala Galge
7.950000,80.750000
Description
An unspecified shelter (perhaps a daylight lit rock shelter or, possibly, a true cave once used as a shelter by man) which yielded the only Early Iron Age settlement in Sri Lanka. ETYMOLOGY: Aligala Galge (in short Aligala) or Aligala shelter (DERANIYAGALA 1992: 734; 1996). SITUATION: At the base of Sigiriya rock (note 1). CULTURAL HISTORY - Archaeology (note 2): DERANIYAGALA (1998, 2001b): The protohistoric Early Iron Age appears to have established itself in South India by at least as early as 1,200 BC, if not earlier (Possehl 1990; Deraniyagala 1992: 734). The earliest manifestation of this in Sri Lanka is radiocarbon dated to ca. 1000-800 BC at Anuradhapura and Aligala shelter in Sigiriya [note 3] (Deraniyagala 1992: 709- 729; Karunaratne and Adikari 1994: 58; Mogren 1994: 39 … So far no other settlements of the Early Iron Age have been located in Sri Lanka —with the exception of the very small-scale deposit within the rock-shelter at Aligala.An unspecified shelter (perhaps a daylight lit rock shelter or, possibly, a true cave once used as a shelter by man) which yielded the only Early Iron Age settlement in Sri Lanka. ETYMOLOGY: Aligala Galge (in short Aligala) or Aligala shelter (DERANIYAGALA 1992: 734; 1996). SITUATION: At the base of Sigiriya rock (note 1). CULTURAL HISTORY - Archaeology (note 2): DERANIYAGALA (1998, 2001b): The protohistoric Early Iron Age appears to have established itself in South India by at least as early as 1,200 BC, if not earlier (Possehl 1990; Deraniyagala 1992: 734). The earliest manifestation of this in Sri Lanka is radiocarbon dated to ca. 1000-800 BC at Anuradhapura and Aligala shelter in Sigiriya [note 3] (Deraniyagala 1992: 709- 729; Karunaratne and Adikari 1994: 58; Mogren 1994: 39 … So far no other settlements of the Early Iron Age have been located in Sri Lanka —with the exception of the very small-scale deposit within the rock-shelter at Aligala.
Documents
Bibliography 06/01/2018- Deraniyagala, Siran Upendra 1992, 1998, 2001b, 2002; Karunaratne, P & Adikari, G 1994; Mogren, M 1994.
Histoire
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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0.0 | SIGIRIYA ROCK SHELTER | ||
0.0 | COBRA HOOD CAVE, Sigiriya | ||
0.0 | SIGIRIYA CAVE (KUSCH 1973) | ||
0.0 | ASSANG CAVE, Sigiriya | ||
2.6 | PIDURAGALA CAVE no. 1 | ||
2.6 | PIDURAGALA CAVE no. 2 | ||
5.8 | POTANA SHELTER | ||
14.7 | DAMBULLA GALGE | ||
17.1 | AA CAVE, Minneryia (Chopard 1916) |