The dynamics of late prehistoric ceramic production and distribution in the Bannu and Gomal Regions, NWFP, Pakistan

and most of the modern and almost all of the known ancient settlements are situated in the northwest, close to where these rivers flow onto the alluvial plain (Thomas 1986; Khan et al. 1991a, pp. 1-3). From the 1970s onwards, increasingly focused archaeological research has been conducted in the region (e.g. Khan et al. 1991a; Allchin et al. 1986), and most recently the Bannu Archaeological Project has conducted surveys and excavations there, largely focusing its attention on the Neolithic site of Sheri Khan Tarakai (e.g. Khan et al. 1991a). The work of the Bannu Archaeological Project has The late prehistoric cultural sequence of the southern NWFP