Fouilles archéologiques du métro de Lille, III. La céramique de la Grand'Place de Roubaix.

Abstract

Archaeological Survey of the Lille Underground. III. The Pottery Findings of the Grand'Place in Roubaix. The excavations carried out in the Grand'Place in Roubaix have delivered scarce and very fragmented pottery findings. The 1,500 fragments studied can be grouped in three main phases. The first stretches between the XIth and the XIIIth centuries. It is characterized by a grey pottery, with numerous "bandeau" necks and toothed-wheel patterns. One can note too a fragment akin to the Andenne productions. The following period covers the XIVth and the XVth centuries. It is represented by common forms like jugs, cooking pots and "teles", essentially in grey paste. The third phase spreads over the XVIth to XIXth centuries. Its productions are typical : stoneware imported from Rhineland or Wallonie, horn-decorated terra-cottas and decorated crokery. Given the absence of a definitive datation, this series was dated in comparison with the regional examples.