Bellan-Bandi Pallassa Pre-Historic Site
This archaeological site is located in the Handagirigoda GN division of the Weligepola divisional secretariat division.This archaeological site is located in the Handagirigoda GN division of the Weligepola divisional secretariat division.
Bellanbandi Palassa is one of the most important Mesolithic sites in Sri Lanka and has yielded a valuable collection of human skeletal remains popularly known as Balangoda Man. The site, discovered by Arthur Delgoda of Morahala, was excavated over several seasons in the late 1950s and early 1960s by P.E.P. Deraniyagala, yielding thirteen flexed human burials and a large collection of faunal remains and stone artefacts that provided the foundation for comparative assessment of ethnic origins (Kennedy, 1965; Deraniyagala, S.U.,1992).