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tell us about these three asp& of life wlil be elnboraed upon in the next chapter.
3.3.1 V-1 Form
When analyzing the various cemlc vessel f m fmm Renews. the Potam Typologid
System (POTS) was employed to assign names towch form. This spamof
idcnrlfien~on wa\ developed in !he Chesapeake Region of the American eastern seaboard
u r tool for nandardsring the nmer researchers used when identifying early colonid
cerams forms (Beaudry et d 1988). Thme who developed POTS realized that various
terms were king applied to the snme form of vesul. Whu a vessel w s cdied depended
upon r number of factors. including the backgmund of marchers and their sources of
infarmacon. Even the ddacumentary sources use different n-r to identify the rvne
vessel. By developing and encouraging the use of POTS researchers will bow, with
some degree of confidence, that when they am comparing vessel forms fmm differem
sites they are comparing apples with apples and nm oranges.
It is repxed that the function of mon of [he ceramic fomu on North UIAman
mhueologlcd rites were utitiraria. and related to foodways (kse 1973:16). This was
Cenrinly rhe cue wiL tk hsFenmic collection fmm Renews. Of the ten different rrmc
veswl forms present. nine wsrr dated to fwdwayr, either thmugh stow, prepmion.
swing or consumption. The tendt f om a galley poc. was used for storing medicinal