For that Greg Smith reference on the colono pottery of 16th century Puerto
Real, see Puerto Real:  The Archaeology of a Sixteenth-Century Spanish Town
in Hispaniola, edited by Kathleen Deagan, University Press of Florida,
1995, pp. 335-376.  Some of the unidentified plain pots that Greg
illustrates on p. 350 might have Taino antecedants; however, the Taino jar
forms at nearby En Bas Saline never have lugs or handles.  Most of the
assemblage is made up of Christophe Plain and the data analysis strongly
supports Greg's conclusion that "this pottery is one of the earliest
manifestations of the uniquely rich and diverse Afro-Caribbean cultures
that exist throughout the islands today."
 
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