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A time of change : questioning the "collapse" of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka /
This work reassesses the apparent collapse of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, through explicit reference to the archaeological record. The study of Anuradhapura's terminal period has long been dominated by an over-reliance upon textual sources, resulting in the establishment of a monocausal and politi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Archaeopress archaeology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This work reassesses the apparent collapse of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, through explicit reference to the archaeological record. The study of Anuradhapura's terminal period has long been dominated by an over-reliance upon textual sources, resulting in the establishment of a monocausal and politically charged narrative that depicts a violent eleventh century invasion by the South Indian Chola Empire as the primary cause of Anuradhapura's collapse, bringing to an end over a millennium of rule from Sri Lanka's first capital. Such is the dominance of this narrative that few alternative explanations for the abandonment of Anuradhapura have ever been posited, with just two alternative models ever described; epidemic malaria, and an imperial economic model. |
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| Notas: | Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
| Público: | Specialized. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781784916336 1784916331 |