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We aim to demonstrate that it is valid to carry out quantitative, comparative, intersite analyses of sufficiently large ceramic datasets of sherds that were recorded in different ways and for which specific, time-consuming methods for calculating vessel quantities were not carried out at the time of recording. We use the \u03c7<sup>2<\/sup> goodness-of-fit test to demonstrate that to be able to do comparative analyses of pottery types among such datasets, it matters little how sherds are counted. As a case study we use the Arch-I-Scan Project\u2019s catalogue of terra sigillata sherds (often called \u201csamian\u201d in the United Kingdom) from three different locations in Roman Britain. We demonstrate that different ways of recording vessel forms have little impact on the proportional relationships of such forms. 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