Whole Vessel Types and Their Implications for Iroquoian Ceramic Analysis

Conference Paper

Whole Vessel Types and Their Implications for Iroquoian Ceramic Analysis

Nick Gromoff

Abstract

Among the 185 reconstructed pots from the Ball Site (BdGv-3) there are sets of vessels that exhibit standardization of rim and body decoration, form and paste. Similar and even identical vessels are present at other Huron sites such as Molson, Auger and Warminster. The differentiation between these sets of vessels is based on both intuition and statistical analysis. This data leads to the speculation that emic, whole vessel types existed for the Huron, which requires a reassessment of rimsherd analysis.