My publications

 Archaeology.LK articles (https://www.archaeology.lk/tag/chryshane-mendis)

·       Excavating the Royal Palace of Seethawaka, 20^th February 2017

·       Excavating Alugalge: Archaeology.lk visits the excavations of the prehistoric site, 31^st March 2017

·       Life in Sri Lankan Archaeology, 5^th June 2017

·       Untapped Archaeological Heritage: Muthugala, 27^th September 2017

·       Pilikkuththuwa: A love story between Nature and History, 23^rd May 2017

·       Breaking Myths: Uncovering the Truth behind the ‘Old Dutch Stables’ of Pettah, 26^th June 2017

·       Defiling modern warfare: The Dutch Castle of the North, 20^th July 2017

·       The Gates of Kandy: An Archaeo-Historical perspective of Balana, 19^th August 2017

·       Truth behind the prison cell of the last King in Colombo Fort, 30^th July 2018

·       Kotte Heritage 1: The Tunnels, 29^th May 2017

·       Kotte Heritage 2: The Ramparts and the Moat, 30^th May 2017

·       Kotte Heritage 3: Bastions and Passes, 11^th July 2017

·       Kotte Heritage 4: Veherakanda, 19^th December 2017

·       The Fortress of Colombo: What lies beneath the Navy Headquarters, 8^th July 2017

·       The Fortress of Colombo: What else remains, 24^th July 2017

·       20^th Century Historians: D. W. Ferguson, 12^th July 2017

·       20^th Century Historians: Rev. Fr. S. G. Perera, 26^th July 2017

·       Archaeological Milestones in Sri Lanka: Part 01, 12^th April 2018

·       Archaeological Milestones in Sri Lanka: Part 02, 17^th June 2018

·       Archaeological sites around Dimbulagala Part 01, 16^th April 2018

·       Archaeological sites around Dimbulagala Part 02, 21^st June 2018

·       Important Inscriptions of Sri Lanka: Part 01, 22^nd June 2018

·       In Loving memory of Dr. Roland Silva, a pillar of Sri Lankan Archaeology, 3^rd January 2020

·       කොළඹ ලන්දේසි බලකොටුව හා එහි අවශේෂ, 27^th March 2020

Published papers (Local):

·   Mendis, H.M.C., 2016. Archaeological Remains of the Fort of Colombo. Sri Lanka Puravidya Samhita, 6, p.39-65.

·    Mendis, H.M.C., 2020. The last King’s prison cell in Colombo, truth verses fiction. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, New Series, Volume 65, Issue I, p.65-80.

·       Mendis, H.M.C., 2022.  LiDAR and its Application for Archaeology in Sri Lanka: A Case Study from Balana Fort. Proceedings of the National Archaeological Symposium 2022.

Published papers (International):

·       Mendis, H.M.C., 2017. The Fortress of Colombo: from the Portuguese and Dutch to the British. Fort: The International journal of fortification and military architecture. Vol.45, 2017 ,p.56-69.

Conference Presentations (Local):

·       Mendis, H.M.C., 2017. History of the Fort of Colombo. In: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 10^th Annual Research Conference. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23-25 March 2017.

·    Mendis, H.M.C., 2017. Topography of Colombo in the Siege of 1587. In: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 10^th Annual Research Conference. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23-25 March 2017.

 

Conference Presentations (International):

·    Mendis, H.M.C., 2021. Portuguese Origins of Colombo’s Urban Core. Member of panel titled ‘Sri Lanka and the Portuguese: Historical encounters, contemporary legacies’  together with Dr(s).Dominic Esler, Hugo C. Cardoso, Patrícia Costa and Mahesh White-Radhakrishnan. In: British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) Conference. University of Edinburgh, UK, 20-23 April 2021

·       Mendis, H.M.C., 2021. Fate of the Portuguese Forts of Sri Lanka. Member of panel titled ‘Sri Lanka and the Portuguese: Historical encounters, contemporary legacies’  together with Dr(s).Dominic Esler, Hugo C. Cardoso, Patrícia Costa and Mahesh White-Radhakrishnan. In: 5^th International Conference on the Humanities. University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 29-30 July 2021

 

·  Mendis, H.M.C., 2022. Biography of a Battlefield: the Authors of Waterloo. In: University of Edinburgh, 11^th Biennial ‘Fields of Conflict Conference. Edinburgh, UK, 7-8 May 2022.

 

Poster presentations:

·       Kulatilake, S., Perera, N., Cooray, N., Perera, J., Mendis, H.M.C., Disanayake, N., and de Mel, L.V.A., 2022. Bioarchaeological Remains from Galle Fort, Sri Lanka. In: Canadian Association for Biological Anthropology (CABA) Conference 2022.

Chapters authored:

·   Mendis, H.M.C., 2022. Historical Significance of Colombo Fort. In: Pali Wijeratne authored, Conservation of the Built Heritage of Colombo Fort. Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Chapter 04.

 

Edited Works:

·      Edited the first International Journal of the Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka The Past ,Volume 01, Number 01, July 2022 together with Anura Manatunga and Waruni Tennakoon.

·    Nimal Perera, Anura Manatunga and Chryshane Mendis Edited Ancient Lanka, Vol.1 (2022), Siran Deraniyagala Commemoration Volume – online hosted by Mount Royal University, Canada. https://mrujs.mtroyal.ca/index.php/anlk