{"id":7209,"date":"2025-04-10T10:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T10:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/alpha\/?p=7209"},"modified":"2025-08-10T10:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T10:48:31","slug":"post-excavation-analysis-of-artifacts-unearthed-from-kondadeniya-maha-shila-cemetery-commenced-under-expert-supervision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/post-excavation-analysis-of-artifacts-unearthed-from-kondadeniya-maha-shila-cemetery-commenced-under-expert-supervision\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Excavation Analysis of Artifacts Unearthed from Kondadeniya Maha Shila Cemetery Commenced Under Expert Supervision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of the Yapahuwa Project initiated by the Central Cultural Fund in 2024, excavations conducted at the Kondadeniya Maha Shila cemetery uncovered various archaeological artifacts, including earthenware jars of different sizes. The post-excavation analysis of these findings commenced on July 4th under the leadership of Prof. Chandima Bogahawatta, Additional Director General of the Central Cultural Fund. The work is being carried out under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Ranjith Bandara Dissanayake, Senior Lecturer at the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology and Senior Archaeological Advisor to the Central Cultural Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"529\" data-id=\"7210\" src=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-705x529-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-705x529-1.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-705x529-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"529\" data-id=\"7212\" src=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.21_8ef129e4-705x529-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.21_8ef129e4-705x529-1.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.21_8ef129e4-705x529-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"529\" data-id=\"7214\" src=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.21_7a52e582-705x529-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.21_7a52e582-705x529-1.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.21_7a52e582-705x529-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"529\" data-id=\"7211\" src=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d29b673f-705x529-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d29b673f-705x529-1.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d29b673f-705x529-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"529\" data-id=\"7213\" src=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.22_dd467401-705x529-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.22_dd467401-705x529-1.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.22_dd467401-705x529-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Yapahuwa Project initiated by the Central Cultural Fund in 2024, excavations conducted at the Kondadeniya Maha Shila cemetery uncovered various archaeological artifacts, including earthenware jars of different sizes. The post-excavation analysis of these findings commenced on July 4th under the leadership of Prof. Chandima Bogahawatta, Additional Director General of the Central &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/post-excavation-analysis-of-artifacts-unearthed-from-kondadeniya-maha-shila-cemetery-commenced-under-expert-supervision\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Post-Excavation Analysis of Artifacts Unearthed from Kondadeniya Maha Shila Cemetery Commenced Under Expert Supervision&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1-300x199.jpg",300,199,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1.jpg",768,509,false],"large":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1.jpg",950,629,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"inspiro-featured-image":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"inspiro-loop":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1-950x320.jpg",950,320,true],"inspiro-loop@2x":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail@2x":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"portfolio_item-masonry":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1-600x398.jpg",600,398,true],"portfolio_item-masonry@2x":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_cinema":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1-800x335.jpg",800,335,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1-600x636.jpg",600,636,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait@2x":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_square":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-09-at-08.08.20_d32afe1c-960x636-1-800x636.jpg",800,636,true]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7215,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209\/revisions\/7215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}