Louise Ford

Pottery of the Rouletted ware family belongs to India's Early Historic period (c. 500 BC to c. AD 200) and has been found as far east as Bali in Indonesia and as far west as Berenike in Egypt. Although they appear similar to Mediterranean products, scientific tests by the authors show that Rouletted ware Arikamedu Type 10 and Sri Lankan Grey ware had a common geological origin in India. Since Grey ware at least pre-dates the arrival of Roman pottery in India, all these related wares were probably the products of indigenous communities.

The project, funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund between March 2005 and March 2007, was devised to investigate the prehistoric and Romano-British archaeological landscapes of the eastern parts of South and West Yorkshire, including the adjacent parts of North Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire. In synthesising the various forms of available map-based archaeological evidence the project has specifically focused upon past, present and future aggregates extraction sites, the aggregates industry having an ironic duality in being one of the key agents in both the destruction and investigation of the archaeological landscape in the study area. Whilst the project axis is centred upon the Magnesian Limestone belt, the study also contrasts the archaeological landscapes of the adjoining geologies. As well as assessing the effect that the aggregates industry has had upon the archaeology of the study area, the project has provided an opportunity to redefine the baseline knowledge of the cropmark landscapes of the region and so enable future work to be carried out within a more informed archaeological research framework that can be articulated within revisions of local Minerals Local Plans and Unitary Development Plans.

The project, funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund between March 2005 and March 2007, was devised to investigate the prehistoric and Romano-British archaeological landscapes of the eastern parts of South and West Yorkshire, including the adjacent parts of North Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire. In synthesising the various forms of available map-based archaeological evidence the project has specifically focused upon past, present and future aggregates extraction sites, the aggregates industry having an ironic duality in being one of the key agents in both the destruction and investigation of the archaeological landscape in the study area. Whilst the project axis is centred upon the Magnesian Limestone belt, the study also contrasts the archaeological landscapes of the adjoining geologies. As well as assessing the effect that the aggregates industry has had upon the archaeology of the study area, the project has provided an opportunity to redefine the baseline knowledge of the cropmark landscapes of the region and so enable future work to be carried out within a more informed archaeological research framework that can be articulated within revisions of local Minerals Local Plans and Unitary Development Plans.