An Excavation of a Shell-midden at Pallemalla in Southern Littoral are of Sri Lanka : Some Evidence of Prehistoric Chenier Occupation in c. 4th millennium BC
Professor Raj Somadeva / About Author
Raj Somadeva entered the University of Kelaniya in 1982 and followed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Archaeology. In 1986 he won a Second Class Upper division Honors Degree from the Faculty of Social Science. He joined the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology as an assistant lecturer in 1989.
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