| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6790 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Ashy Deposit and Fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1104 | |
| Context: | 6790 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2010/04/20 | |
| Stratum: | 15% inclusions: tile, small pebbles, small flecks of calcium carbonate, pottery, some small flecks of charcoal | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is uneven. The soil color is light greyish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | |
| Notes: | Context 6790 is a triangular baulk of ashy soil, revealed during the 2008 excavations (contexts 5382 + 5383). In 2008, they were unsure of the nature of this triangular area (see notes for context 5407). We are excavating it now in order to investigate what is going on, on the West side of NS wall 6789. We are also hoping to clarify the relationship between the area to the West of NS wall 6789, and the area to the East, between NS walls 6789 and 5431. The soil of 6790 is greyish-brown in some areas and reddish-brown in others; the inclusions are the same throughout: small pebbles and rocks, tile, pottery, bone, small flecks of charcoal and calcium carbonate. At the bottom of this context, in the North, we are coming down on a hard reddish-brown compact stratum. In the Southern area of 6790, we are coming down on a very loose, ashy layer that appears to continue futher to the South. In 2008, they found several ashy deposits in this area, so the ashy stratum here might be related to those deposits just to the South. The ashy stratum cuts the hard reddish-brown layer, so that will be excavated first (= 6791). | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. amphora. 3 handles. 2 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 rim. ; Fineware. premedieval4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. preroman4 bodysherds. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 8 frag(s) 0.04 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
| 45 frag(s) 1.26 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 20 frag(s) 0.19 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 17 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metacarpal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- radius of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 4 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s). | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Frankish, npd | |
| Grid: | 273.4-271.89E, 1043.4-1044.2N | |
| XMin: | 271.89 | |
| XMax: | 273.4 | |
| YMin: | 1043.4 | |
| YMax: | 1044.2 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.3-84.42m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Paga, Jessica (2010-04-07 to 2010-04-23) |