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parsherdr from a hand-thmwll No& kvon pm M mti&ly d-<br />

parted refined cmhenwm sherdr from a creamware plate. For some pisa. such ar the<br />

lln-gkrred ver~elr and come red eanhenware storage verwlr fmm Buckley Wales. ;l<br />

higher degree <strong>of</strong> eompvntive analyrir war needed to arrign a due <strong>of</strong> manufaelwe.<br />

3.3 ccrsmier<br />

In the case <strong>of</strong> the ceramics. 11 war possible la repate the earlier merials from the<br />

etghrecnrh- and nineteenth-eentury wares. With the nmable ercepian <strong>of</strong> the tin-glued<br />

vessels. all [he xvsnasnth-century potsherds can <strong>be</strong> classified as come euthenw-.<br />

Conversely. with the exception <strong>of</strong> a small num<strong>be</strong>r <strong>of</strong> distinctive c ovx emhaware<br />

sherds. all the eighteenrh- and nineteenth-century potsherds were cit<strong>be</strong>r refined<br />

eanhenwares or stonewarer. Therefore. d the coarse evnhenwm skds (except thore<br />

that were definitely identilied as later pimsl will <strong>be</strong> eonstdrred ar a pan <strong>of</strong> the<br />

seventeenthcentury oecuparion.<br />

The ceramic analysis was based upon Ihe minimum num<strong>be</strong>r <strong>of</strong> individual verwlr present<br />

(MNI). This appmach war chmen as it <strong>of</strong>fers awful method <strong>of</strong> functional analysis and<br />

dso intersite comparison. Raw rherd counts have their ptaec in historic archamlogy<br />

dthough the num<strong>be</strong>rs cam <strong>be</strong> exmmely misleading. For example, with over 7.W<br />

reventeenth-century ceramic r<strong>be</strong>rds, it would appar that a rubrwnttal num<strong>be</strong>r <strong>of</strong> mrelr<br />

s present in the Renews sample. However, this num<strong>be</strong>r is dcceptivc ar 649 rherds M

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