ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රාග් ඓතිහාසික යුගයට අයත් බෙල්ලන්ගෙන් නිර්මිත පබඑ හා පළඳනා

Abstract

This paper discusses mainly the unique creations consisting of ornaments made out of shells by Mesolithic humans in Sri Lanka. These objects have q history going back to approximalely 40,000 years from lhe present and are commonly found from rock cqves and shelters in wet zone rainforests inhabited by this stone qge man. The beads, dated about 37,000 1,bp, createdfrom sea andfresh water shells qre the objects ofart among the artifacts discovered from Batadomba cave qt Kuruvita. The following prehistoric sites are also important for beads: 38,000 ybp. Fa-Hien cqve at BulattsinghalZ,'31,000 ybp.Belilena at Kitutgala, 14,"000 ybp.Potgul-lena at Alowalq, 12,000 ybp.BellanbandiPalessq at lldqwalqwa National Park and 6,0A0ybp.Pothana cqve at Sigiriya