Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6240

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6240
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Pit fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1103
Context:		6240
Page:		0
Date:		2009/05/04
Lot:		Lot 2009-022
Stratum:		20% tile frags, small & medium pebbles (rounded, angular), bone, rounded/angular/platy cobbles, sherds, 0.01-0.03 bits of charcoal
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light pinkish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		Context 6240 was opened to explore the extent of the cut it fills (6241). Fill 6240 also seemed to be the latest deposit /fill in this area so we decided it needed to come out before the others. We closed 6240 because it appears we have traced the extent of its cut, but the pit/fill might actually be cutting into a prexisting robbing trench beneath it; this is suggested (possibly) by red soil that appears on the east and the west sides of the cut. We closed the context so we could figure out what the deal is with the 'robbing trench.' Dry sieving revealed more fine ware/glazed ware than we have seen in the other pits so far dug. There were many bones, and many small fragile bones were preserved (e.g. wishbones). The flat-lying quality of the bone collection suggests a secondary deposition but the preservation of the very small bones indicates a good context for presrvation - perhaps the Some chuncks of charcoal preserved the grain of the wood. Notes added 5.5.09 It now appears that fill 6240 was over-excavated. We cannot say how deep this pit cut went because there was no noticible change in the soil composition or inclusions, but it became clear today, while digging 6255 (fill for rt 6254) that there was, in fact, a pit cutting the upper, northern portion of the rt.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), pitcher. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. coarse incised, slipped style V (1200-1220), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 11th century22 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww petal, cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. classical-hellenistic16 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 12th century13 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Roman12 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. veneto, plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		75 frag(s) 0.34 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		772 frag(s) 7.96 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		144 frag(s) 0.98 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		ceramic waster 1; shell rumina 15; wall plaster red 1; shell Eobania vermiculata 11; concrete 20; iron strip 1, nail 1, lump attached to sherd 1; glass clear BS 1, bottleneck BS 1; revetment carastas 1; shell murex 4; bronze bit 2; charcoal preserving grain 8; revetment schisty marble 1; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- furculum of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 2 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 29 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 130 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 8 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 17 fragment(s). ; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 32 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 13 example(s).; Bone- metacarpal of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 fragment(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 45 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- sternum of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- sternum of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- ulna of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 10 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Teleostei (Fish - Bony) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		2nd half of 13th
Grid:		278.8-277.8E, 1030.9-1032.1N
XMin:		277.8
XMax:		278.8
YMin:		1030.9
YMax:		1032.1
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.3-84.96m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Martin Wells, Katie Rask, Dreya Mihaloew (2009-05-18 to 2009-05-19)