Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 7048
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 7048
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   fill
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1104
Context:   7048
Page:   0
Date:   2010/06/01
Stratum:   20% ceramic, medium and large pebbles
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is well sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:   7048 is an area of dark reddish brown soil that may have served as a dump or leveling fill. As we excavated PK has found a similar soil to that revealed under 7045 -- a compact clayey area with charcoal inclusions
Context Pottery:   Fineware. pre medieval4 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. mid byz, pitcher. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:   6 frag(s) 0.04 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    16 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    13 frag(s) 0.22 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   shell murex 4; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- sternum of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   npd
Grid:   268.4-267.54E, 1043.11-1044.06N
XMin:   267.54
XMax:   268.4
YMin:   1043.11
YMax:   1044.06
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.1-84.19m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Johanna Best (2010-05-31 to 2010-06-18)