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A Field Visit to Pahiyangala (Fa Hien Cave)
YZA organised a field visit to Pahiyangala (Fa Hien Cave) on 20th of March 2019.
Situated in the District of Kalutara, Sri Lanka and according to a rural legend, named after an alleged resident during historical times, namely Buddhist monk Faxian (also Fa-Hien, or Fa Hsien). However, there is no archaeological or historical evidence to support this legend. Nonetheless, the site is of archaeological significance as Late Pleistocene human fossilized skeletal remains were discovered in the cave's sediments during excavations in the 1960s, the 1980s and in 2013.
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Fa Hien Cave, also Pahiyangala Cave, is situated in the district of Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka and according to a rural legend, named after an alleged resident during historical times, namely Buddhist monk Faxian. However, there is no archaeological or historical evidence to support this legend. Nonetheless, the site is of archaeological significance as Late Pleistocene human fossilized skeletal remains were discovered in the cave's sediments during excavations in the 1960s, the 1980s and in 2013.
Pahiyangala can be rach trhough Horana road and Mathugama Road, Both Roads are in good condition
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Fa Hien Cave, also Pahiyangala Cave is situated in the district of Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka and according to a rural legend, named after an alleged resident during historical times, namely Buddhist monk Faxian (also Fa-Hien, or Fa Hsien). However, there is no archaeological or historical evidence to support this legend.Nonetheless, the site is of archaeological significance as Late Pleistocene humanfossilized skeletal remains were discovered in the cave's sediments during excavations in the 1960s, the 1980s and in 2013.
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Fa Hien Cave, also Pahiyangala Cave is situated in the district of Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka and according to a rural legend, named after an alleged resident during historical times, namely Buddhist monk Faxian (also Fa-Hien, or Fa Hsien). However, there is no archaeological or historical evidence to support this legend.Nonetheless, the site is of archaeological significance as Late Pleistocene human fossilized skeletal remains were discovered in the cave's sediments during excavations in the 1960s, the 1980s and in 2013.
Prehistoric human remains
In 1968 human burials sites were uncovered inside the cave by Siran Upendra Deraniyagala of the Sri Lankan Government Department of Archaeology, who undertook a second excavation campaign with assistant W. H. Wijepala in 1988. The finds mainly consisted of microlith stone tools, remnants of prehistoric fireplaces and organic material, such as floral and human remains. Radiocarbon dating indicates that the cave had been occupied from about 33,000 years ago, the Late Pleistocene and Mesolithic to 4,750 years ago, the Neolithic in the Middle Holocene. Human remains of the several sediment deposits were analyzed at Cornell University and studied by Kenneth A. R. Kennedy and graduate student Joanne L. Zahorsky.
The oldest fragments of human bone fossils are attributed to three children, a juvenile and two adults that show evidence of secondary burials. The bodies had been exposed to decomposition and scavengers and the bones were subsequently placed in graves. Additional fossil remains include those of another young child, dated to about 6,850 years BP and of a young woman (nicknamed Kalu-Menika by archaeologists), dated to about 5,400 years BP. Both individuals were also recovered from secondary burials.
The discoveries allowed archaeological and paleontological comparative studies as the earliest occupants of Fa Hien, or Pahiyangala Cave lived during the same period as European Cro-Magnon man and other Late Pleistocene hominids in the Eastern Hemisphere. Studies of teeth found in the cave indicate that the prehistoric population of Sri Lanka processed food by grinding nuts, seeds and grains in stone querns and that they continued to maintain a hunter-gatherer lifestyle until about the 8th century BCE. Sri Lanka has yielded the earliest known microliths, which didn't appear in Europe until the Early Holocene.
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Pahiyangala Cave is a cave in the district of Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka, according to a village legend named after the Buddhist monk Faxian. However, there is no archeological or historical evidence to support this legend. The cave is important for the Late Pleistocene human skeletal remains discovered there in the 1960s and 1980s.
PAHIYANGALA CAVE (LENA) IN SRI LANKA
Pahiyangala cave lies in Yatagampitiya, which is a remote village about 5 km away from Bulathsinhala (40 Km along Piliyandala - Horana road), in the Kalutara District. Excavation has proved that these caves were inhabited by prehistoric cave men some 38,000 years ago. This cave is supposed to be the largest natural rock in South Asia and this is also known to be the most ancient pre-historic human settlement in Asia.
The cave lies 400 feet above sea level, at its entrance, the cave is 175 feet high and over 200 feet long. It is believed that 3000 people can be easily accommodated in this cave. The natural tunnels running inside the caves are now blocked and is not accessible. The cave has been divided into four sections of which the left side cave is the largest and is the centre of it. There is a deep pit dug out by the Archaeological Department for an excavation. In is in this pit that archaeologists found five human skulls which were identified as 37,000 years old by carbon dating in USA. Some weapons made of stone and animal bones were also recovered during the excavation. It has been found out that these were used to kill monkey, deer, porcupine and others. They have also consumed acavus, a species of edible snail and wild breadfruit.
Biologically, this cave dweller known as Pahiyangala Manawakaya (Pahiyangala Man) had a short vertebral structure, wide jaw bones, a large palette and big grinding teeth.
Pahiyangala Caves - 37'000 Years Old Prehistoric Cave, Bulathsinhala in Sri Lanka
Pahiyangala Caves, which is also known as Fa Hien Cave is one of the most significant caves in Sri Lanka. It is mentioned that the cave is 37'000 years old and is a prehistoric cave.
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Also during the historic times, a monk named Faxian used to reside here thus the cave is known as Fa Hien. However there are no evidences to prove this fact.
During excavations in 1960, archaeologists managed to discover human fossilized skeletal in the cave's sediments. It was further carried out in 1980 and 2013 as well.
There are three other prehistoric places that are similar to this cave, Batadombalena (about 28,500 years old) and Belilena Kitulgala (about 12,000 years old) and Bellanbandi Palassa (about 6,000 years old).
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Fa Hien Cave, also Pahiyangala Cave is situated in the district of Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka and according to a rural legend, named after an alleged resident during historical times, namely Buddhist monk Faxian (also Fa-Hien, or Fa Hsien). However, there is no archaeological or historical evidence to support this legend.[1] Nonetheless, the site is of archaeological significance as Late Pleistocene human fossilized skeletal remains were discovered in the cave's sediments during excavations in the 1960s, the 1980s and in 2013.
Prehistoric human remains
In 1968 human burials sites were uncovered inside the cave by Siran Upendra Deraniyagala of the Sri Lankan Government Department of Archaeology, who undertook a second excavation campaign with assistant W. H. Wijepala in 1988. The finds mainly consisted of microlith stone tools, remnants of prehistoric fireplaces and organic material, such as floral and human remains. Radiocarbon dating indicates that the cave had been occupied from about 33,000 years ago, the Late Pleistocene and Mesolithic to 4,750 years ago, the Neolithic in the Middle Holocene. Human remains of the several sediment deposits were analyzed at Cornell University and studied by Kenneth A. R. Kennedy and graduate student Joanne L. Zahorsky.[2]
The oldest fragments of human bone fossils are attributed to three children, a juvenile and two adults that show evidence of secondary burials. The bodies had been exposed to decomposition and scavengers and the bones were subsequently placed in graves. Additional fossil remains include those of another young child, dated to about 6,850 years BP and of a young woman (nicknamed Kalu-Menika by archaeologists), dated to about 5,400 years BP. Both individuals were also recovered from secondary burials.
The discoveries allowed archaeological and paleontological comparative studies as the earliest occupants of Fa Hien, or Pahiyangala Cave lived during the same period as European Cro-Magnon man and other Late Pleistocene hominids in the Eastern Hemisphere. Studies of teeth found in the cave indicate that the prehistoric population of Sri Lanka processed food by grinding nuts, seeds and grains in stone querns and that they continued to maintain a hunter-gatherer lifestyle until about the 8th century BCE. Sri Lanka has yielded the earliest known microliths, which didn't appear in Europe until the Early Holocene.[3]
Other important Sri Lankan prehistoric sites at which human remains have been found include two other caves – Batadombalena (about 28,500 years old) and Belilena Kitulgala (about 12,000 years old) – and an open-air site, Bellanbandi Palassa (about 6,000 years old).
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Fa Hien Cave, also Pahiyangala Cave, is situated in the district of Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka and according to a rural legend, named after an alleged resident during historical times, namely Buddhist monk Faxian. However, there is no archaeological or historical evidence to support this legend.
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The History of Archaeological excavation Research in Pahiyangala Cave
It was the year of 1968. Sri Lanka was just awakening from the nightmare it had suffered for several centuries due to foreign invasions and conquests. Science and research were just starting to flourish. Then an enterprising archaeologist named Siran Upendra Deraniyagala remembered that there was a cave that was called Fa Hien’s cave in Kalutara, just a couple of hours from Colombo.
As the legend went, the cave had been the living space for the famous traveling Chinese monk Faxian (also known as Fa-hien or Fa-hsien), who lived in the early 5th century AD. He visited olden day Ceylon and lived here for over two years. According to his writings demons and dragons were the original inhabitants of this island. In any case, Deraniyagala wanted to see if he could find some solid evidence of Fa Hien’s stay in the cave. As there were no obvious signs, he tried excavating there. Unfortunately, there was no such evidence found; but what he did find, shook the world.
The excavations unearthed the skeletal remains and tools of prehistoric humans dating back to over 37,000 years ago. The other objects found pointed towards a hunter gatherer life style with microlithic stone tools, animal and floral remains and remains of prehistoric fireplaces. Paleontologists of that era in the 1960s, had believed that humans were 10,000 to 20,000 years old at most. This discovery turned their theories on their end. It was the oldest human remains found at the time. In addition to the oldest human bone fossils, attributed to three children, a juvenile and two adults; further excavations in the 1980s and in 2013 revealed human remains dating back to approximately 6850 years and 5400 years ago. All the remains were recovered from secondary burial sites; suggesting that the prehistoric mankind of the time had a practice of burying their dead. The size of the cave and the remains that come from various timelines, seem to point towards the cave having held several communes of prehistoric people throughout the years. Considering that the place is quite large and could easily have accommodated over 3000 people; this is a possibility.
After further research, the species of mankind that Deraniyagala found was discovered to be of a unique subspecies. They named this species the ‘Pahiyangala Man’ (Pahiyan – after Fa Hien; gala – after the latter part of Deraniyagala’s name). To date, the Pahiyangala Man is the oldest prehistoric human remains found in Sri Lanka