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WEST YORKSHIRE JOINT SERVICES WEST YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGY ADVISORY SERVICE RESEARCH AGENDA THE NEOLITHIC, BRONZE AGE AND IRON AGE IN WEST YORKSHIRE by Blaise Vyner (Blaise Vyner Consultancy) This document is one of a series designed to enable our stakeholders and all those affected by our advice and recommendations to understand the basis on which we have taken a particular view in specific cases. It is also a means by which others can check that our recommendations are justifiable in terms of the current understanding of West Yorkshire’s Historic Environment, and are being consistently applied. As the document is based upon current information, it is anticipated that future discoveries and reassessments will lead to modifications. If any readers wish to comment on the content, the Advisory Service will be glad to take their views into account when developing further versions. Please contact: The West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Registry of Deeds, Newstead Road, tel:01924 306797 Wakefield WF1 2DE email: wysmr@.uk Issue 1, July 2008 © West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service and Blaise Vyner, 2008 Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age 1. THE NEOLITHIC: RESOURCE ASSESSMENT Introduction West Yorkshire is an inland area, much of it based on the Pennines; encompassing little of the wide lower river valleys and without a fertile coastal littoral. Human activity in the past has responded to the topographical nature of the area and the resources which it has afforded. Passing east across the West Riding from the millstone grits of the Pennine spine, the undulating slopes of the