Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 7041
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 7041
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   fill
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1104
Context:   7041
Page:   0
Date:   2010/05/31
Lot:   Lot 2010-044
Stratum:   30% tiles, ceramic, small and medium pebbles
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light reddish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is well sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   We are excavating fill 7041 to better understand the area between 6821 and pit 6840. The soil is a light reddish brown with many ceramic inclusions. PK finished this context when he came down on a soil similar to the one exposed immediately to the west and under 7036.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. pre roman5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. jar. 8 rims. 7 handles. 7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. burnished matte painted, pitcher. 1 handle. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:   6 frag(s) 0.05 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
    92 frag(s) 1.65 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
    22 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   shell murex 1 spondylus gaederopus 1 (saved to lot); glass clear transparent bs 2 (saved to lot); Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   end 11th cent
Grid:   270.2-268.75E, 1041.5-1042.63N
XMin:   268.75
XMax:   270.2
YMin:   1041.5
YMax:   1042.63
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.14-84.29m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Johanna Best (2010-05-31 to 2010-06-18)