Academic Staff

Head of the Department

Prof. P. B. Nuwan Abeywardana

Professor

D.Sc. in Landscape Archaeology – Freie University, Berlin, Germany, M.Sc. in GIS and Remote Sensing – PGIS, University of Peradeniya, BA honors in Archaeology – University of Peradeniya 



Senior Prof. Ariya Lagamuwa

Ph.D in Archaeology (PDN), Senior Fellow Archaeologist Council of Sri Lanka, M.A. in Archaeology (PDN), B.A. (Hons.) in Archaeology (PDN)

Research Interest : Archaeology and Heritage Management



Prof. Chandana Rohana Withanachchi

Ph.D (KLN), M.A. in Archaeology (SJP), FSLCA, B.A. (Hons.) in Archaeology (KLN)

Research Interest : Field Archaeology, Irrigation Archaeology




Prof. D Thusitha Mendis

Ph.D in Archaeology (PGIAR-KLN), MSLCA, M.Phil in Archaeology (PGIAR-KLN), PGD Diploma in Monument Conservation and Heritage Management (PGIAR-KLN), PGD in Archaeology (PGIAR-KLN), B.A. (Hons.) in Archaeology (PDN)



Mr. Chandima Bandara Ambanwala

Senior Lecturer

MSc. in Archaeology, PGD in Architectural Conservation of Monuments and Sites – ACOMAS, B.A. (Sp.) in Archaeology

Research Interest : Prehistory of Sri Lanka, Epigraphy, Epistemology



Dr. W.M. Tikiri Bandara Wijepala

Senior Lecturer

Ph.D. (Shimane University – Japan), MSc. in Archaeology (PGIAR) , PGD in Museology (PGIAR-KLN), B.A. (Hons.) in Archaeology (SJP)



Mr. Thilanka Manoj Siriwardana

Senior Lecturer (Transitional)

MSc. (PGIAR), B.A. (Hons.) in Archaeology (KLN)