This vessels were manufactured to contain meals. Meals were cooked with meat, corn, tuber etc.. The meals were a mixture of various ingredients and prepared like a soup. Manioc was the principal ingredient. The shortcoming of manioc is its low protein content so other sources of protein had been added to the garden as protein supplements like maize, beans, or nuts. At the arrival of the Spaniards the Taino had improved their cultivating methods and so they had mounds for producing high yields in outfield garden plots for manioc and house gardens for other cultigens, herbs and spices, medicinal and narcotic plants...
