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Interpreting GPR data from Jaffna Fort, Northern Sri Lanka, using historic maps and new excavations (2019)
Book Chapter
Schmidt, A., Gunawardhana, P., Davis, C., Hale, D., Coningham, R., Pushparatnam, P., …Manuel, M. (2019). Interpreting GPR data from Jaffna Fort, Northern Sri Lanka, using historic maps and new excavations. In J. Bonsall (Ed.), New Global Perspectives on Archaeological Prospection:13th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection 28 August - 1 September 2019 Sligo Ireland (224-227). Archaeopress. https://doi.org/10.32028/9781789693072

Curious Travellers: Repurposing imagery to manage and interpret threatened monuments, sites and landscapes (2019)
Book Chapter
Wilson, A., Gaffney, V., Gaffney, C., Ch’ng, E., Bates, R., Sears, G., …Coningham, R. (2019). Curious Travellers: Repurposing imagery to manage and interpret threatened monuments, sites and landscapes. In M. Dawson, E. James, & M. Nevel (Eds.), Heritage Under Pressure – Threats and Solution: Studies of Agency and Soft Power in the Historic Environment (107-122). Oxbow. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvpmw4hr.13

Archaeology and site interpretation (2019)
Book Chapter
Coningham, R., Acharya, K., & Tremblay, J. (2019). Archaeology and site interpretation. In UNESCO (Ed.), The Sacred Garden of Lumbini (50-103). (Rev. ed.). UNESCO

Sites of the Greater Lumbini Area (2019)
Book Chapter
Coningham, R., Acharya, K., Manuel, M., & Tremblay, J. (2019). Sites of the Greater Lumbini Area. In UNESCO (Ed.), The Sacred Garden of Lumbini (223-259). (Rev. ed.). UNESCO

Balancing competing requirements of faith and preservation (2019)
Book Chapter
Bhaddamanika, S., Bidari, B., Choegyal, L., Coningham, R., Cuppers, C., & Rai, G. (2019). Balancing competing requirements of faith and preservation. In UNESCO (Ed.), The Sacred Garden of Lumbini (210-223). (Rev. ed.). UNESCO

Apres le Deluge: observations and recommendations from a post-disaster mission to the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site in October and November 2015 (2018)
Book Chapter
Coningham, R., Acharya, K., Davis, C., Kunwar, R., LaFortune-Bernard, A., Tremblay-Fitton, J., …Simpson, I. (2018). Apres le Deluge: observations and recommendations from a post-disaster mission to the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site in October and November 2015. In M. Richon (Ed.), The Cultural Heritage of Nepal, Before, During and After the 2015 Earthquakes: current and future challenges (92-103). Vajra Books

Hydraulic Complexities: Collapse and Resilience in Sri Lanka (2018)
Book Chapter
Strickland, K., Coningham, R., Gunawardhana, P., & Simpson, I. (2018). Hydraulic Complexities: Collapse and Resilience in Sri Lanka. In F. Sula, & I. Pikirayi (Eds.), Water and Society from Ancient Times to the Present: Resilience, Decline, and Revival, (259-281). Routledge

Excavating ancient Kapilavastu: the childhood home of Lord Buddha (2018)
Book Chapter
Coningham, R., Acharya, K., Kunwar, R., Davis, C., Manuel, M., Simpson, I., …Lafortune-Bernard, A. (2018). Excavating ancient Kapilavastu: the childhood home of Lord Buddha. In P. Gunawardhana, & R. Coningham (Eds.), Buddha Rashmi Vesak Volume 2018: Essays in Buddhism and Buddhist Monastic Archaeology (8-25). Colombo, Sri Lanka : Central Cultural Fund, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka,

Ritual and economy reconsidered at Siva Devale No. 2, Polonnaruva (2018)
Book Chapter
Manuel, M., Gunawardhana, P., Coningham, R., Davis, C., Namalgamuwa, H., Senanayaka, J., …Bandara, K. (2018). Ritual and economy reconsidered at Siva Devale No. 2, Polonnaruva. In P. Gunawardhana, & R. Coningham (Eds.), Buddha Rashmi : Vesak volume : essays in Buddhism and Buddhist monastic archaeology (33-44). Central Cultural Fund

Recent excavations and survey at Jaffna Fort in 2017 and reflections on the antiquity of Indian Ocean trade. (2018)
Book Chapter
Davis, C., Gunawardhana, P., Coningham, R., Pushparatnam, P., Schmidt, A., Manuel, M., …Bandara, K. (2018). Recent excavations and survey at Jaffna Fort in 2017 and reflections on the antiquity of Indian Ocean trade. In P. Gunawardhana, & R. Coningham (Eds.), Buddha Rashmi Vesak Volume 2018: Essays in Buddhism and Buddhist Monastic Archaeology (67-78). Colombo, Sri Lanka : Central Cultural Fund, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka,

Look Down, Not Up: Protecting the Post-disaster Subsurface Heritage of the Kathmandu Valley’s UNESCO World Heritage Site. (2018)
Book Chapter
Coningham, R., Acharya, K., Davis, C., Weise, K., Kunwar, R., & Simpson, I. (2018). Look Down, Not Up: Protecting the Post-disaster Subsurface Heritage of the Kathmandu Valley’s UNESCO World Heritage Site. In L. Bracken, H. Ruszczyk, & T. Robinson (Eds.), Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk The Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal, 2015 (159-181). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5_10

Short-term environmental shocks generate long-term impacts, and although the Gorkha earthquake devastated large areas of Nepal, it also caused a cultural catastrophe within Kathmandu’s UNESCO World Heritage Site. Playing a central ritual role in the... Read More about Look Down, Not Up: Protecting the Post-disaster Subsurface Heritage of the Kathmandu Valley’s UNESCO World Heritage Site..

Promoting the Protection, Preservation and Presentation of the Natal Landscape of the Buddha in Nepal (2017)
Book Chapter
Coningham, R., Acharya, K., Kunwar, R., Manuel., M., Davis, C., & Lafortune-Bernard, A. (2017). Promoting the Protection, Preservation and Presentation of the Natal Landscape of the Buddha in Nepal. In P. Gunawardhana, R. Coningham, & K. Nampoothiri (Eds.), Buddha Rashmi Vesak Volume: Essays in Buddhism and Buddhist Monastic Archaeology (13-26). Central Cultural Fund of Sri Lanka

Archaeology and Cosmopolitanism in Early Historic and Medieval Sri Lanka (2017)
Book Chapter
Coningham, R., Manuel, M., Davis, C., & Gunawardhana, P. (2017). Archaeology and Cosmopolitanism in Early Historic and Medieval Sri Lanka. In Z. Biedermann, & A. Strathern (Eds.), Sri Lanka at the crossroads : from antiquity to modernity (19-43). UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781911307822

Whilst the Early Historic and Medieval periods of Sri Lanka are often presented as a golden age of Sinhalese and Buddhist achievement, there is also substantial evidence for a multiplicity of communities residing within the island during that time. T... Read More about Archaeology and Cosmopolitanism in Early Historic and Medieval Sri Lanka.