| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6168 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Surface | |
| Title: | floor (exterior surface) | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1103 | |
| Context: | 6168 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2009/04/28 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2009-039 | |
| Stratum: | some clayey components; inclusions: small stones/pebbles (avg. 0.03-0.05 m), pottery | |
| Description: | The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is well sorted. It is silty sand. | |
| Notes: | We are excavating surface 6168, which is a deposit of a similar consistency to surface 6164 to the south. Our working hypothesis is that the entirety of the bounded area was once part of an outdoor compacted surface, and that contexts 6164 and 6168 preserve the remainder of that surface, but were cut by the construction of a much later wall, 5552/6120. Cleaning context 6146 and fill 6152 revealed this surface. The context 6168 was excavated separate from its subfloor context in order to separate the compacting event that created 6168 from the filling event that led to the creation of the context below it. The change from the compacted, clayey texture of the surface to the softer, darker fill level beneath [6220] was clear- inclusions within the revealed surface were larger, and included potsherds, cobbles, and large pebbles. Near the threshold 5671, another filling event [6211] was discovered, which included various rounded pebbles; in fact, it appears to run in a north-south line oriented with the threshold 5671. Perhaps the pebbles relate to foot traffic, which would have been heavier near doorways- or, alternatively, if this area is indeed an outdoor space, the pebbles could easily have accumulated as a sweeping event, removing debris from an inner area. Excavation of 6168 also confirmed that the surface was contemporary with the use of threshold 5671. The soil from this surface ran between the pivot stone and the central threshold block, filling the gaps between them. One more thing worth noting, post excavation: the "fill" layer that was revealed in the excavation of this context appears to be rather mixed in some places, but in other places it is a lens covering another compacted surface- sometimes, a completely fugitive lens. As we excavate that looser fill later, it should reveal more of the surface and answer the question of whether the surface is similar to the one revealed in the excavation of 6164. | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. pitcher. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. kettle. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pedestal, plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pithos lid. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre medieval9 bodysherds. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. burnished, pitcher. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 2 handles. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 16 frag(s) 0.03 kg. (44% saved) fineware. | |
| 106 frag(s) 1.76 kg. (6% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 31 frag(s) 0.22 kg. (19% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | glass clear green bottle rim 1 as jalame 299; iron nail 1; glass clear green beaker rim 1 as jalame 162; tile Laconian Rim 1; glass clear green rim 1 bs 11; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; glass clear green trail handle 1 as jalame 258; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s). | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | late 11th/early 12th | |
| Grid: | 276.3-271.25E, 1026.61-1027.31N | |
| XMin: | 271.25 | |
| XMax: | 276.3 | |
| YMin: | 1026.61 | |
| YMax: | 1027.31 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.62-84.69m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2009 by spongberg hammond lima (2009-05-20 to 2009-05-21) |