Age of prehistoric man to be determined in France
The Archaeology Department will send specimens of the human skeleton
found at the Fa Hien cave excavation site in Bulathsinhala to a renowned
radiocarbon dating laboratory in France to determine the actual time
period, said Director General Department of Archaeology, Senarath
Dissanayake.
"Radiocarbon dating will give us the the actual time period.
With the other archaeological findings from the place where the
skeleton was found, we can assume that this would date almost 37,000
years," Dissanayake said.
According to Dissanayake, the site will be preserved in the same
location of the excavation site. "A large rock lies beneath the soil
layer with artefacts.
We have the technology to remove the entire site without damaging it
however, it will be best if we preserve it as it is," he said.
This is the first complete human skeleton found in Sri Lanka from the
world renowned archaeological site, the Fa Hien cave in Bulathsinhala of
the Kalutara district.
More evidence is currently being unearthed about man's eating habits,
rituals and equipment made out of stone.
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