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The Earliest Buddhist Shrine: Excavating the Birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini (Nepal) (2013)
Journal Article
Coningham, R., Acharya, K., Strickland, K., Davis, C., Manuel, M., Simpson, I., …Sanderson, D. (2013). The Earliest Buddhist Shrine: Excavating the Birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini (Nepal). Antiquity, 87(338), 1104-1123. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00049899

Key locations identified with the lives of important religious founders have often been extensively remodelled in later periods, entraining the destruction of many of the earlier remains. Recent UNESCO-sponsored work at the major Buddhist centre of L... Read More about The Earliest Buddhist Shrine: Excavating the Birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini (Nepal).

The Archaeology of Early Buddhism (2013)
Book Chapter
Coningham, R. (2013). The Archaeology of Early Buddhism. In R. Payne (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Buddhism (1-35). Oxford University Press

Mapping the Neolithic occupation of the Kashan, Tehran and Qazvin Plains (2013)
Book Chapter
Fazeli, H., Coningham, R., Marghussian, A., Manuel, M., Azizi, H., & Pollard, A. (2013). Mapping the Neolithic occupation of the Kashan, Tehran and Qazvin Plains. In R. Matthews, & H. Fazeli (Eds.), The Neolithisation of Iran: the formation of new societies (114-135). Oxbow Books

Luminescence dating of brick stupas: an application to the hinterland of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (2013)
Journal Article
Bailiff, I., Lacey, H., Coningham, R., Gunawardhana, P., Adikari, G., Davis, C., …Strickland, K. (2013). Luminescence dating of brick stupas: an application to the hinterland of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Antiquity, 87(335), 189-201. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00048717

The domed stupas are among the most distinctive of South Asia's religious monuments and have been shown to be sensitive indicators for their society. Since arguments for economic and political change depend on accurate dating, and since the stupas ar... Read More about Luminescence dating of brick stupas: an application to the hinterland of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

The dry tank: development and disuse of water management infrastructure in the Anuradhapura hinterland, Sri Lanka (2013)
Journal Article
Gilliland, K., Simpson, I., Adderley, W., Burbidge, C., Cresswell, A., Sanderson, D., …Adikari, G. (2013). The dry tank: development and disuse of water management infrastructure in the Anuradhapura hinterland, Sri Lanka. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(2), 1012-1028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.034

We identify and offer new explanations of change in water management infrastructure in the semi-arid urban hinterland of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka between ca. 400 BC and AD 1800. Field stratigraphies and micromorphological analyses demonstrate that a c... Read More about The dry tank: development and disuse of water management infrastructure in the Anuradhapura hinterland, Sri Lanka.