Performance Report 2013

Performance Report 2013 (A brief Performance Report of the key section and Provincial officers belongs to the Department Of Archaeology) Planning & Monitoring Section (Planning Division) Department of Archaeology Colombo - 07 Performance Report (2013) - 200 Content Page No. Department of Archaeology (Vision, Mision, Objectives) 201 - 204 Exploration and Documentation section 205 - 210 Excavation Section 211 - 214 Museum Service section 215 - 219 Architectural Conservation Section 220 - 224 Chemical Conservation section 225 - 234 Epigraphy and Numismatic Section 235 - 237 Maintenance section 238 - 244 Promotional section 245 – 249 Accounts section 250 - 251 Administration section 252 - 254 Planning & Monitoring Section 255 - 259 Legal section 260 - 287 Performance Report (2013) - 201 Archeological Department 1. Vision The Vision of the Department of Archaeology is to promote the proper management of Sri Lanka's archaeological heritage. 2. Mission The mission of the Department of Archaeology is function as Sri Lanka's apex institution and chief regulatory body for the management of it's archaeological heritage. 3. Objectives In order to fulfil its mission, the objectives of the Archeological Department are: 1. Development of Resources 1. Human 2. Institutional 3. Protection of the total archaeological heritage of Sri Lanka. 4. Inventorisation of the total Documenting archeological heritage' 1. Archeological places and monuments 2. Movable artifacts 3. Promoting public awareness on archeological heritages' 4. Conservation and maintenance of archeological sites monuments and movable artifacts 5. Researches\ Divisions dedicated for fulfilling aims of Department Academic Section Non academic Section 1. Exploration and Documentation section 2. Accounts section 3. Excavation Section 4. Administration section 5. Museum Service section 6. Planning & Monitoring Section 7. Architectural Conservation Section 8. Legal section 9. Chemical Conservation section 10. Epigraphy and Numismatic Section 11. Maintenance section 12. Promotional section Provincial offices under the Department 1.Western province 2. Central province 3. Southern province 4. Northern province 5. North Western province 6. North Central province 7.Uva province 8. Sabaragamu province 9. Eastern province Performance Report (2013) - 202 Zonal office under the Provincial offices 1. Western province 1. No. 01 - Negombo zone 2. No. 02 - Attanagalla zone 3. No. 03 - Kotte zone 4. No. 04 - Colombo special zone 5. No. 05 - Raigam zone 2. Central province 1. No. 01 - Sigiriya zone 2. No. 02 - Dambulla zone 3. No. 03 - Galewela zone 4. No. 04 - Nalanda zone 5. No. 05 - Kandy zone 6. No. 06 - Kandy special zone 7. No. 07 - Udunuwara zone 8. No. 08 - Yatinuwara zone 9. No. 09 - Kundasalaya zone 10. No. 10 - Hanguranketha zone 11. No. 11 -Kotmale zone 3. Southern province 12. No. 01 - Hikkaduwa zone 13. No. 02 - Galle zone 14. No. 03 - Galle fort special zone 15. No. 04 - Matara zone 16. No. 05 - Katuwana zone 17. No.06 - Hambantota zone 18. No.07 - Thissamaharama zone 4. Northern province 19. No. 01 - Jaffna zone 20. No. 02 - Kilinochchi zone 21. No.03 - Mullative zone 22. No.04 - Mannar zone 23. No.05 - Vavuniya zone 24. No.06 - Delf zone Performance Report (2013) - 203 5. North Western province 25. No.01 - Puttalam zone 26. No.02 - Anamaduwa zone 27. No.03 - Rajangana zone 28. No. 04 - Yapahuwa zone 29. No. 05 - Arankele zone 30. No. 06 - Kurunegala zone 31. No. 07 - Paduwasnuwara zone 32. No. 08- Dambadeniya zone 33. No. 09- Chilaw zone 6. North Central province 34. No. 01 - Padaviya zone 35. No. 02 - Kok Ebe zone 36. No. 03 -Mihintale zone 37. No. 04 - Anuradhapura zone 38. No. 05 - Anuradhapura special zone 39. No. 06 - Thanthirimale zone 40. No. 07 - Ritigala zone 41. No. 08 - Medirigiriya zone 42. No. 09 - Polonnaruwa special zone 43. No. 10 - Polonnaruwa zone 44. No. 11- Dimbulagala zone 7. Uva province 45. No. 01 - Mahiyangana zone 46. No. 02 - Badulla zone 47. No. 03 - Haputale zone 48. No. 04 - Buduruwagala zone 49. No. 05 - Maligawila zone 50. No. 06 - Galabedda zone 51. No. 07 - Bibile zone Performance Report (2013) - 204 8. Sabaragamuwa province 52. No. 01 - Mawanella zone 53. No. 02 =- Dedigama zone 54. No. 03 - Seethawaka zone 55. No. 04 - Ratnapura zone 56. No. 05 - Budugala zone 57. No. 06 - Maduwanwela zone 9. Eastern province 58. No. 01 - Trincomalee zone 59. No. 02 - Seruwila zone 60. No. 03 - Batticloa zone 61. No. 04 - Padiyatalawa zone 62. No. 05 - Ampara Rajagala zone 63. No. 06 - Deegavapiya zone 64. No. 07 - Lahugala zone Performance Report (2013) - 205 Exploration and Documentation Division Functions 1. Conducting special and immediate researches. 2. Declaring archeological reserves. 3. Declaring archeological sites and monuments. 4. Preventing destruction of artefacts and effecting Ordinance agaist artifact destruction attempts 5. Researching into effects of archeology 6. hRecommending archeological vlues on proposed places of excavation projects 7. Collecting geographical information on archeological sites and monuments and mapping them. 8. Conducting coastal researches. 9. Researching into ancient irrigational heritage and working out a protective network. 10. Planning out works. 11. Answering problems on archeological sites and monumnts in districts and handling administrative matters. Archeological investigations and documentations carried out at provincial level by Investigation division Westen province 1. The regional archelogical office (Western) had identified around 23 monumetns including a pre-historically important rock cave by archeological survey conducted around Pathakada Devolkanda. Out of them, around 10 monumetns have been proposed to declare as archeological secured monuments' Central province 2. Around 88 monumnts identified by Excavation project in Medadumbara DS division by Regional Archeological office (Cental) have been proposed to declare Also lined up to propse the rock cave sites with rain water protection czrving and witout that in the Babaragala area. Southern province 1. Around 30 monumetns have been recognized by basic investigation conducted by Regional Archeolocial office (South) around Devenuwara Develaya. Out of this, the Upulawan Devalaya in Devinuwara has been already decared as an archeologically secured monument' North Western province 1. 34 archeological sites hve ben found by second stage of investigation in Nawagattegama DS division by the North Western regional archeolocial office. Out of them, around 20 to be declared as archeologicall secured monuments. Among afroementioend places, rocky cemetery too are included and sites where lies most number of artifacts to be declared as an archeological reserve 2. The Arankele archeological investigation conducted by the aforesaid office had been traced 108 monuments and recorded. There, around 41 movable artifacts had been certified. The old Palugawewa tank bund, Relapanawa, canal system and rock cave situated out of the Arankele reserve to be declared as secured monuments' Performance Report (2013) - 206 Sabaragamuwa province 3. Around 18 monumetns have been traced from the reserve of Salgala Aranya by the Sabaragamuwa regional Archeological office. There, water protective carvng and 08 rock caves including a cave with Brahmi letter had been found .' 4. Around 50 archeological sites have been identified and recorded by aforesaid office at the second stage of basic investigation of the Beligala reserve. As those monuments of thosed archeolocal sites have been lying on a wider area and it is proposed to survey the sadi premises before declaring as an archeolocial reserve. Due to the vass area of the premises, further investigation at this archeolocial compled to be conducted in two stages' Eastern province 5. The special project of identifying and recording archeolocial sites in all DS divisions in the Ampara district with ministerial allocatiosn undr the supervision of investigation division of the head offce had been traced 427 artefacts. Around thise land blocks with artifacts, archeological boundaries have been laid. ' 6. The archeological site in ascertaining Pulukunawa archeological site conducted in line with the Deyata Kirula programme by investigation unit of the Head office had been identified and archeological boundaries have been laid.' Archeological Damage Appraisal survey carried out by Investigation Division 7. No archeologically valued items had been found in the first and second stages of the Archeological Damage appraisal survey jointly conducted by the proposed head office for the Sooriyawewa-Sevanagala BOI project based on the Sooriyawewa and Sevanagala areas of Southern province and Uva province with Southern and Uva provincial Archeological offices' 8. The archeological sites found by Archelogical Effects Appraisal Survey at Karuwalagaswewa in the North Western province had been reserved with archeological boundary markings and rest of the area of the proposed premises had been recommended for cultivation purposes' Ocean archeological investigation project conduted by Investigation division 1. The survey on ancient ship submerged in the sea around Godawaya in the Southern province was conducted by the Ocean Archeological Unit with aids given by Texas and Soubourn universities in America and France respectively. This survey commenced in the year 2008 and continue up to year 2013 and artefacts found are being conserved and the researching of them to be done in the year 2014' 2. Plan designing of the Antonow 24 areoplane that crashed on to the Iranathive

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