Irrigation and persistence in the dry zone of Sri Lanka : a geoarchaeological study

Irrigation and persistence in the dry zone of Sri Lanka : a geoarchaeological study

This thesis presents an independent, sediment-based record of landscape change within an agricultural hinterland. Established historical and archaeological sequences document the primary occupation of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka’s ancient capital, beginning ca. 400 BC and lasting until it was largely ab...

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Main Author: Gilliland, Krista
Other Authors: Simpson, Ian A. : Wilson, Clare
Published: University of Stirling 2011
Subjects:
954.93
South Asia : irrigation : cultural landscape : agriculture : optically stimulated luminescence : OSL dating : micromorphology : soil : sediment : resilience : paddy : geoarchaeology : cultural soils : tank : reservoir : 0 Arid regions Sri Lanka : Watersheds Sri Lanka
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547534

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