Research & Publication - PGIAR
All members of the academic staff and many associated scholars are engaged in individual or team-based research projects. The PGIAR undertakes research projects and carries out research and documentation for institutions such as the Department of Archaeology, the Central Cultural Fund and the Department of National Museums. The research output of the institute is published in local and foreign journals and monographs.
following subject areas as its research terrains
Archaeological theory and problematics | Prehistoric and protohistoric archaeology | Archaeology and history: historical records | Historical archaeology | Pre-industrial technology and history of science | Architecture and garden history | Art history: sculpture, painting, prints and crafts | Paleography, epigraphy and numismatics | Ethno-archaeology, cultural anthropology and anthropological archaeology | Environmental archaeology, geo and bio-archaeology | Museology | Conservation/ preservation of cultural property | Heritage / cultural resource management | Public archaeology; Public and social responsibility of archaeology | Development of archives and archival studies on archaeology and related subjects | Archaeological sciences such as Metallurgy, dating, etc... | Cognitive archaeology | Ancient languages such as Pali, Sanskrit, and etc...
Current Research
Archaeological research is currently being conducted by researchers at the PGIAR
Human and Faunal material from Prehistoric and Historic strata in Sri Lanka
Studying of all human skeletal materials and faunal remains unearthed from archaeo-logical sites in Sri Lanka will be undertaken in this research.
Glass and Glaze’: production and Use of Glass and Glaze in Ancient Sri Lanka
undertake a comprehensive study of the use and production of glass and glaze in ancient Sri Lanka
Yan Oya Middle Basin Mortuary Archaeology Research Project (YOMB)
undertake a comprehensive study of the use and production of glass and glaze in ancient Sri Lanka
Settlement Pattern Study of Upper Ma Oya
settlement distribution pattern in the landscape chronologically and geographically, which includes getting holistic view of the social dynamics from the prehistoric period to the late historic period.
Hunter Transition
How the Pleistocene hunter-gatherers made resilience on the Holocene climatic? and also addressing the problem of tolerance towards the minor climatic oscillations triggered off by the Holocene sea-level changes.
Palaeo-environment: -Social-Ecological Dynamics in Rapid Economic Development: Infrastructure and coastal Change in South-eastern Sri Lanka
Aim to understand the link between coastal environmental changes and socio-ecological changes and integrated management of the South-Eastern coastal zone (from Hambantota to Batticaloa).
Image worship generated in Mahavihara at Anuradhapura
Religious and architectural mix bag of the image worship from 3rd Century BC to 10th Century AD.
The emergence of modernism in art and the modern female subjectivity
The research based on selected mural sites from Gampaha,Colombo,Kalutara, Galle, Matara and Hambantota Districts in Southern and Western Provinces of Sri Lanka.
National Contribution Research Project
The Postgraduate Institute of Archeology makes a direct contribution to the development of the country and the preservation of the archaeological heritage. In particular, the Central Cultural Fund, the Department of Archeology, the National Museum and other government agencies are conducting this research.
Ibbankatuwa Auguring Project
Archaeological Impact Assessment project with department of Archaeology
Nikawalamulla burial excavation Project
Rescue Excavation Project with Ministery of Enviroment
Sri Lanka Buddhist Heritage Digital Recording Project
Atlas of Maritime Buddhism International Project
Sigiriya Mirror wall Conservation Project
Sigiriya Mirror wall Conservation Project with Central Cultural Fund
Yapahuwa Surveying Project
Archaeological Surveying Project with Central Cultural Fund