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Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 6838 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Basket | | Name: | | Nezi Field, context 6838 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context Type: | | Natural deposit | | Title: | | pit fill | | Category: | | Deposit | | Notebook: | | 1104 | | Context: | | 6838 | | Page: | | 0 | | Date: | | 2010/05/04 | | Lot: | | Lot 2010-003 | | Stratum: | | 40% inclusions -- glass, bronze, cobbles (sub-rounded), roof tiles -- almost no patterning | | Description: | | Top slope of the context is slight down to the S. The soil color is dark greyish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | | Notes: | | 6838 is a deposit of dark greyish brown fill which appears to be inside a bothros cut. It appears that the previous excavations in 2008 had not completely excavated the fill inside. There is a clear distinction between fill and outside of the cut 6840. The edge of the cut is reddish, while the fill is dark greyish brown. It looks as if the eastern and northern edge of the fill is clear, but PK has suggested that the fill may continue throughout the entire pit at the bottom. This fill may have been left from earlier excavation. We have decided to scrape down the bottom and have therefore opened 6843 to see if we need to dig deeper to remove all the fill entirely. The 2008 excavation, which continued and defined that of 1961 and identified the cuts made by that excavation, interpreted the walls of the pit as gently sloping as the cut moves west from vertical face to the east, but it is clear that the excavators in 2008 had not found the true edge of the pit, which is clearly defined by a baulk of red soil. The floor of the pit seems to be a mix of dark black soil, white patches, and patches of ashy soil, possibly indicating some sort of dump. | | Context Pottery: | | Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. basin1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-roman7 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), plate. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. triangular rim amphora (1100-1260)1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. coarse basin1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-medieval1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. glaze painted I, slipped (1110-1130)1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), plate. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) . | | Pottery Summary: | | 18 frag(s) 0.05 kg. (56% saved) fineware. | | | | 138 frag(s) 2.11 kg. (2% saved) coarseware. | | | | 78 frag(s) 0.82 kg. (3% saved) cooking ware. | | Context Artifacts: | | iron nail, complete, round shank, H. 0.038 1; glass clear bs 3,; bronze lump 1; shell murex 2, lima lima 1; obsidian flake 1; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- distal femur of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate 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) - 3 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 32 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 6 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 20 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 10 example(s). | | Period: | | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | | Chronology: | | first half of 12th c. | | Grid: | | 270.04-268.12E, 1040.64-1042.65N | | XMin: | | 268.12 | | XMax: | | 270.04 | | YMin: | | 1040.64 | | YMax: | | 1042.65 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | Masl: | | 80-84.42m. | | References: | | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Johanna Best; Kelcy Sagstetter (2010-05-04 to 2010-05-21)
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