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