Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 769

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 769
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Black Fill in NW Corner of Area
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1106
Context:		769
Page:		0
Date:		2012/05/04
Lot:		Lot 2012-021
Stratum:		Soil contains large lumps of clay, rocks, bones, bits of carbon, ash, and pottery. Inclusions are 50%, mostly on account of the large clay lumps.
Description:		The soil color is light brownish black. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty clay.
Notes:		Thanasis suggested we dig 769, the black soil north of the robbing trench 272, in order to bring the levels of the north side of the trench down. On the west side, 769 is distinguished from a yellowish soil. This fill surrounds well 495, context 486, and context 248, and may extend up to wall 540. In the eastern portion of the context, some thick plant material was removed. Thanasis came down on an area that was a mix of black and yellow soil to the south and red soil to the north (next to the north balk). Around midmorning, we came upon a layer above 769 in the southeast portion of the context immediately next to wall 540. This context was called 771, and excavation on 769 was stopped until 771 was removed. It appears that 769 does indeed underly 771 in the western portion of that context. Once 771 was removed, excavation began again on 769 in the western portion of the context. It was noticed that after removing the initial firm surface of 769 in the morning, the soil became quite soft in consistency and slightly ashy. 7.5.2012 We continued to clean up 769 in the morning until it was discovered that a black, softer soil, immediately west of pier 573, with many large inclusions, seemed to be at a higher elevation. This black, softer soil was called 772. It was also determined after reviewing notes from session one that 769 was immediately underneath 710, a cleaning context on the north side of cut 272.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. matte painted, stamnos. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. basin. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .one with incised wavy line; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. mid byz amphora. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .waster; Coarseware. amphora. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .outturned rim; Cooking ware. inwardly sloping rim stewpot (950-150)6 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), thymiaterion. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), pitcher. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), bowl. 7 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pedestalled bowl. 4 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. ww, kettle. 1 rim. 2 handles. 14 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)5 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww sparse glaze, plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)17 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), cup. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. jar. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. ww, mug. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .burnished slip painted; Fineware. unslipped plain glaze, cup. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 3 rims. 2 handles. 11 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stewpot4 rims. (saved to lot) .shallow ledge for a lid; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), uniden. 17 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. unslipped plain glaze, chafing dish. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval23 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. concave thickened rim stewpot (800-950)3 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .early; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), pedestalled plate. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		86 frag(s) 0.44 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		1589 frag(s) 30.14 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		382 frag(s) 4.96 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron, tack, round, 1 (saved to lot); glass, clear, green, bs 1 (saved to lot); iron, nail, head, round, 1 (saved to lot); iron, nail, shaft, round, 2 (saved to lot); iron, nail, round, 3 (saved to lot); iron, nail, shaft, rectangular, 1 (saved to lot); iron, slag, 9 (saved to lot); bronze, strip, rectangular, 1 (saved to lot)
Period:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		late 11th C
Grid:		260.28-257.12E, 1013.05-1015.1N
XMin:		257.12
XMax:		260.28
YMin:		1013.05
YMax:		1015.1
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.43-86.75m.
References:		Coin: 2012 65