| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6772 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Rubble Fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1104 | |
| Context: | 6772 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2010/04/19 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2010-008 | |
| Stratum: | 15% inclusions: small to medium rocks (ca. 12-16 cm.), some tile, pottery, bone, one chunk of charcoal, ca. 9 cm. L. | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is uneven. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | |
| Notes: | We are excavating context 6772 in order to clarify our understanding of the compact surface to the North and to see if we can delineate the upper surface of NS wall 6765 and its Western face. The soil is relatively loose and light yellowish brown in color. As we remove 6772 we are coming down on the Southern extent of the compact surface. Between the compact surface and EW wall 6764, an ashy layer, similar to that in the NW corner, has appeared. It has an uneven surface, slumping down in the center. The compact surface to the North is similarly uneven, although not to the same extent; it slumps slightly to the East and South (probably as the ashy layer, which runs underneath at least part of it, settled). This entire area, to the West of NS wall 6765, is a mixture of soft soil, ashy soil, and compact soil, filled in alternating dumps and slumping into one another. The compact surface to the North and the ashy layer underneath are among the only distinct strata. Between NS wall 6765, EW wall 6764, and the ashy and compact strata, the soil continues to be loose and filled with tile and small stones. This would seem to indicate that NS wall 6765 is only about 24 cm. thick. Before we can continue with the loose soil alongside NS wall 6765 and EW wall 6764, we must remove the compact surface and the ashy layer (compact surface = 6777). | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. pitcher. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. mug. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. preroman4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. zeuxippus sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 rim. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 8 frag(s) 0.06 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 51 frag(s) 0.88 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 16 frag(s) 0.12 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | shell patella 1; glass clear blue bs 1; charcoal chunks 2; Bone- humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 6 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 8 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 8 example(s).; Bone- metacarpal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Thunnus sp (Tuna - Unid) - 1 example(s). | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 2nd 1/2 12th c. | |
| Grid: | 275.65-274.61E, 1041.1-1042.1N | |
| XMin: | 274.61 | |
| XMax: | 275.65 | |
| YMin: | 1041.1 | |
| YMax: | 1042.1 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.18-84.46m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Paga, Jessica (2010-04-07 to 2010-04-23) |