Going back in time to our unknown past
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‘Sri Lanka’s Lost Animals: The Pleistocene Period’ will be the subject of this month’s National Trust lecture by Kelum Nalinda Manamendra-Arachchi on Thursday, July 28 at 6 p.m. on-line.
Those interested could join on zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99130818735?pwd=VGFvemsxbjQyMW9EOVlLdWJKUE1jZz09
(Meeting ID: 991 3081 8735, Passcode: 486362)
The fossils of the Pleistocene period (ranging from 2-1.67 million years before present to about 12,000-10,000 years before present) in Sri Lanka are primarily found embedded in the gem gravels or alluvial deposits of the Ratnapura area, and in the strata immediately above Ratnapura. These gem pits which are gold mines to the zoo-archaeologists, have yielded several fossils of an extinct fauna. Popularly known as ‘Ratnapura fauna’ in zoo-archaeology, they comprises fossils of the middle Pleistocene, upper Pleistocene and sub recent animals mixed up by re- deposition.
Backed by sound theoretical knowledge and evidence-based research, the lecture will take us back in time to our unknown past to the richness of Sri Lanka’s Ratnapura fauna now extinct.
One of Sri Lanka’s foremost zoo-archaeologists, Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi has over 30 years research experience focusing primarily on Sri Lanka’s zoology, taxonomy, and palaeontology. He has led several teams of researchers on multiple projects including taxonomic and ecological research focused on amphibians, freshwater fishes and reptiles.
Since 2009 he is serving the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology at the University of Kelaniya, as a research fellow, focusing primarily on zooarchaeology and pleistocene palaeontology.
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