1. London, British Library, Sloane MS 3926. 2. Loftfield 2001. 3. The term 'creolisation' will be examined in more depth further on. At this stage it is sufficientalthough not particularly nuanced -to suggest that the process of creolisation is related to the admixture of cultural traits as opposed to emphasising the recognition of distinct imported social and cultural identities of individual and cultural traditions at the expense of others. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the noun 'creole' as relating to (a) the descendants of European settlers, particularly those of Spanish and/or French origin in the Americas; or (b) hybrid languages formed from local and settler tongues; or (c) a person of mixed European or African descent in the Caribbean. Adjectivally, it would imply hybridisation or mixing. 4. In fact, the earliest forms of local Barbadian pottery are not to be found on Barbados, but in Continental North America at the site of Charles Towne (Brunswick County, South Carolina), a site founded by settlers from Barbados and occupied only briefly during the period 1664-7;