Batadomba Lena Not to be confused with Batatota Lena Batadomba Lena Cave Batadombalena (Sinhala: බටදොඹ ලෙන) is a prehistoric rock shelter situated in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. It preserves evidence for the presence of H. sapiens foragers in the rain forest of southern Sri Lanka from ca. 36,000 cal BP onwards to the end of the Pleistocene (Perera et al., 2011). The cave
Batadomba-lena is a small, northeast-facing rock shelter on the steep banks of a stream on the foothills of Sri Pada (Perera et al., 2011). Situated 460 m above sea level, it falls within the Wet Zone, which has an annual rainfall of c. 2200–4000 mm (Perera et al., 2016). The cave measures approximately 15 m high, 18 m wide, and 25 m in length, totalling the internal cave area to 6,800 m2 (Sumanarathna et al., 2016). Besides the main cave, there is a cluster of small caves (Abeyawardana, 2002). Excavations Batadomba-lena is one of the most intensively researched prehistoric sites in Sri Lanka (Perera et al., 2016). Long inhabited by …
