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The state of theocracy: defining an Early Medieval hinterland in Sri Lanka

Coningham, R.A.E.; Gunawardhana, P.; Manuel, M.J.; Adikari, G.; Katugampola, M.; Young, R.L.; Schmidt, A.; Krishnan, K.; Simpson, I.; McDonnell, G.; Batt, C.

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Authors

P. Gunawardhana

G. Adikari

M. Katugampola

R.L. Young

A. Schmidt

K. Krishnan

I. Simpson

G. McDonnell

C. Batt



Abstract

The ancient Sri Lankan city of Anuradhapura is currently the subject of one of the world's largest and most intensive archaeological research projects. Having traced its growth from an Iron Age village to a medieval city, the research team now moves to the task of modelling the surrounding landscape. Three seasons of fieldwork have located numerous sites of which the most prominent in the urban period are monasteries. Here is a clue about how the early urban hinterland was managed which has implications well beyond Sri Lanka.

Citation

Coningham, R., Gunawardhana, P., Manuel, M., Adikari, G., Katugampola, M., Young, R., …Batt, C. (2007). The state of theocracy: defining an Early Medieval hinterland in Sri Lanka. Antiquity, 81(313), 699-719. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00095673

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 1, 2007
Deposit Date Dec 1, 2008
Publicly Available Date Jun 17, 2011
Journal Antiquity
Print ISSN 0003-598X
Electronic ISSN 1745-1744
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 81
Issue 313
Pages 699-719
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00095673
Keywords Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Heterarchy, Monasticism, Survey, Theocracy.

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