Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 409
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 409
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   Red clay debris
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1101
Context:   409
Page:   0
Date:   2008/06/11
Stratum:   20% tile, ceramic, rounded/subrounded pebbles, bone, carbon
Description:   Top slope of the context is slight down to the N. The soil color is dark yellowish red. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy clay.
Notes:   409 is a firm dark yellowish red sandy clay with few inclusions of pebbles, tile, ceramic, bone, and carbon.
The limits are not immediately apparent as this layer is slightly softer than that around it.
Softer darker soil is revealed near the W edge and a floor is present towards the E. Above this floor to the E of 409 were removed some horizontal roof tiles. At the S end of the Dep. There is a circular patch of darker, softer soil parlty visible but running into the E-W wall (420).
Tile: no joins found, 1/2 zembili = 8.5Kg
Context Pottery:   Fineware. pre medieval4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. late champs levee fine, slipped style VI (1200-1225), dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Byzantine7 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:   13 frag(s) 0.13 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    42 frag(s) 0.78 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    8 frag(s) 0.08 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Iron, nail with square shaft, 0.06L, 0.017Diam of head, 0.007Th of shaft; Bone- of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 2 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 19 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Ruminant, sm (Ruminant, sm) - 9 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 example(s).; Bone- tarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 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).; Bone- tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 11 example(s).
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   1st 1/4 of 13th
Grid:   267.8-265.21E, 1011.44-1013.76N
XMin:   265.21
XMax:   267.8
YMin:   1011.44
YMax:   1013.76
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   86.94-87.13m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Joseph Lillywhite, Joel Rygorsky, Matthew Sears, Martin Wells (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13)