Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 401

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 401
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Natural deposit
Title:		fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1101
Context:		401
Page:		0
Date:		2008/06/05
Stratum:		cobbles, pebbles, tile pottery 60%
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light yellowish grey. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is very poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		We open 401 to excavate a silty fill. Underneath this fill we hope to find the unseen extent of walls 306 and 366, and thus t define the limits of a room bounded by walls 306, 366, 332 and 365. The N limit if this context is thus arbitrarily decided, even though this silty fill does continues further N. The same is true of the W extent of this context, which we place just far enough W to be able to see the extent of the wall and any possible robbing or foundation trench. In the Ne, N of wall 366, we uncover two large stones in a N-S line possibly part of a wall or some other surface. These stones do not line up with wall 332; they are west of wall 332. Beneath 401, we are coming down on a harder fill all over. Further W, some boulders are uncovered. We pedestal these, evne though it seems doubtful these are part of any structure. (11/62008: It now seems more likely that this might be a wall; see notes of 411 for more details, and top plans of 424 and 425). To the S, we uncover a few more stones of wall 306. We don't, however, find its full extent, or any more stones of wall 366. We also have not found a robbing trench for either wall (though the Director of Excavations thinks we have). To the extreme S, we uncover more of wall 365; we seem to have found the rubble foundation for wall 365, which menas that we will not be finding a usage surface N of this wall. 11/6/2008: pottery is mostly second half of 12th century
Context Pottery:		Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270), stewpot. 5 rims. ; Cooking ware. inwardly slopping rim stewpot (950-150)1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), bowl. ; Fineware. misc 12th century3 rims. ; Fineware. coarse incised, slipped style VI (1200-1220), plate. 1 rim. ; Fineware. pre medieval 10; Fineware. ww3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. measles, slipped slip painted sgraffito (1140-1160), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. triangular rim amphora (1100-1260), amphora. 2 rims. 13 bodysherds. ; Fineware. blue frit1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 3 rims. ; Fineware. dark on light slip painted, slipped (1140-1180), plate. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. plain, chafing dish. ; Fineware. glaze painted III, slipped (1160-1200), bowl. 2 rims. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), chafing dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), cup. ; Fineware. spatter painted, slipped (1110-1140), cup. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. basin. 2 rims. ; Fineware. sgraffito II, slipped painted (1200-1260), plate. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:		37 frag(s) 0.59 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		335 frag(s) 9.98 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		61 frag(s) 1.26 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		stopper cut down from tile 1; Bone- carpal/tarsal of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; glass blue-green 1 colorless 1 green 1; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 8 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		first half 13th century
YMin:		1002.5
YMax:		1007.85
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		87.07m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Joseph Lillywhite, Joel Rygorsky, Matthew Sears, Martin Wells (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13)