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ANCIENT CEYLON

Journal of the Department of Archaeology - Sri Lanka

Research Article Volume 29(I) 2025

An Archaeological Investigation at the Port Site of

Kirinda in Southern Sri Lanka

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Wijerathne Bohingamuwa *, James Blinkhorn *, Mark
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Horton , Gamini Adikari , Dorian Q Fuller , T.D.C.
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Pushpakumara , Kaushalya Gunasena , and Nicole
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Boivin

1 Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ruhuna, Matara-
81000, Sri Lanka. bwijerathne@hist.ruh.ac.lk (* Corresponding author)
2 Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of
Liverpool, 12-14 Abercromby Square, Liverpool, L69 7WZ, United
Kingdom. J.Blinkhorn@liverpool.ac.uk (* Corresponding author)
3 Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6JS,
United Kingdom. mark.horton@rau.ac.uk
4 Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, 407, Baudhaloka Mawatha,
Colombo-07, Sri Lanka. gnipu1960@gmail.com
5 University College London, Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon
Square, London, WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom, and School of Cultural
Heritage, Northwest University, Xi‘an, Shaanxi, China. d.fuller@ucl.ac.uk
6 Archaeological Officer, Central Cultural Fund, Sigiriya Project, Sigiriya,
Sri Lanka. pushpe@85.tc@gmail.com
7 Transportation Specialists, City of San Jose, California, USA.
kgunasena@hotmail.com
8 Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Kahlaische Strasse 10, 07745
Jena, Germany. boivin@shh.mpg.de

A B S T R A C T

This paper presents preliminary results of limited excavations
undertaken at Kirinda, a small Early Historic site situated on the
coast in southeastern Sri Lanka. The primary objective of this paper
is to establish the site‘s sedimentological and cultural phasing based

A R T I C L E I N F O J O U R N A L I N F O

Received: March 30, 2025 Editor-in-Chief: Dr Aruna Rajapakse
Received in revised: May 10, 2025 ANCIENT CEYLON Published by the Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka.
Accepted: June 10, 2025 Email: ancientceylon@archaeology.gov.lk
Available online: July 07, 2025 Web: https://archaeology.gov.lk/ancientceylon

ANCIENT CEYLON 2025: 29(I), 27-54 pp.