P.E.P. Deraniyagala : commemoration volume / edited by Thelma T.P. Gunawardana, Leelananda Prematilleka, Roland Silva.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gunawardana, Thelma T. P.

Prematilleka, Leelananda.

Silva, Roland.

Deraniygala, P. E. P. (Paulus Edward Pieris), 1900-1973.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deraniygala, P. E. P. (Paulus Edward Pieris), 1900-1973.

Deraniygala, P. E. P.

Natural history--Sri Lanka.

Natural history.

Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

392 pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (25 color), maps (1 color), portraits ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbo, Sri Lanka : Lake House Investments Ltd., 1980.

Contents:

Paul Deraniyagala : scholar and man / R.W.M. Dias

Notes on the teris of Tamilnadu coast, South India / Bridget Allchin

Ananda Coomaraswamy and apprroaches to the study of traditional Sri Lankan art and society / Senaka Bandaranayake

The Sangha as a factor in the social life of Sri Lanka and Burma / Heinz Bechert

Investigations in the field and laboratory of behavioural thermoregulation in an iguand lizard / Charles M. Bogert

Porrorhyncus indicans Walker (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae) / Per Brink

Elephants and dinosaurs / Edwin H. Colbert

The palm / E.J.H. Corner

Captured by fishtraps / Raymond A. Dart

A note on intaglio printing leading to the concept of layering / Ranil Deraniyagala

The patriot and the artist / Ranil Deraniyagala

Prehistoric research in Sri Lanka, 1885-1980 / S.U. Deraniyagala

Some aspects of reproduction in rodents from South Asia / John F. Eisenberg

Typification of the genus Ochrosia jussieu / F.R. Fosberg, M.H. Sachet.

Notes:

Growth of the Japanese pit viper mamushi / Hajima Fukada -- Sinhalese and Tamil names of plant genera / D.C. Gunawardene -- A bronze vessel adorned with the eight auspicious symbols in the Colombo Museum / T.R. Karunaratne -- The antiquity of human settlement in Sri Lanka / Kenneth A.R. Kennedy --Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps : a preliminary revision of the Amiseginae / Karl V. Krombein -- Communications / Sir Max Mallowan -- Two essays written in commemoration of Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala / Kenneth Page Oakley -- Palau prehistory / Douglas Osborne -- Iron ore near Sa'dah, Yemen Arab Republic / William C. Overstreet, Maurice J. Grolier -- Mass manipulation / R.K. Pant, D.P. Agrawal -- The sculptural remains of the Stūpa "Vāhalkadas" / L. Prematilleke -- The arch, vault and dome in ancient Sri Lanka / Roland Silva -- The species problem in lungworms and other Polychaeta / G.P. Wells -- Excavation at Thera / Eliki Zannas -- Bibliography of P.E.P. Deraniyagala's writings.

Includes bibliographies.

OCLC:

9819735