Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 5228

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 5228
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		fill- part of the 1961 martyr
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1101
Context:		5228
Page:		0
Date:		2008/04/14
Stratum:		10% tiles laying horizontally, fine to medium pebbles, bone fragments on top
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is very dark greyish brown. The soil compaction is very soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		(refer to context 5191 for excavation of martyr from 1961 excavation) This black deposit was a distinct layer beneath the cleaning context 5191 and the red soil context 5233 below. The black deposit was concentrated around the bend of the L-shaped martyr and covered roughly 1/3 of the red layer beneath it. This loamy layer was most likely due to the plant activity because several large roots penetrate into the martyr around the center of the black layer. Additionally, several horizontal channels of the black soil were identified, spreading outwards from the area of the roots toward the south. However, the presence of several bone fragments immediately above the black layer might suggest some ashy component to this deposit. Also, a handful of tiles were scattered on the black layer.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. pre-Medieval2 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. basin1 rim. ; Fineware. AfRS, Form 99. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		4 frag(s) 0.02 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		11 frag(s) 0.18 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		4 frag(s) 0.03 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Period:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		first half 12th c.
Grid:		272.7-271.47E, 1032.77-1034.29N
XMin:		271.47
XMax:		272.7
YMin:		1032.77
YMax:		1034.29
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.96-84.98m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Jody Cundy and Megan Thompsen (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Josh Gieske, Laurie Kilker (2008-04-07 to 2008-04-24)