| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | South Stoa, context 298 | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context Type: | deposit | |
| Title: | Dark soil next to west wall of room | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1110 | |
| Context: | 298 | |
| Date: | 2016/04/07 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2016-010 | |
| Stratum: | 5-10% inclusions, very few inclusions, very small stones with a few large ones (c.10cm) | |
| Description: | The soil color is dark brownish black. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is well sorted. It is clay. | |
| Notes: | 7/4/16 We begin to excavate the dark soil from the rectangular cut into the more rocky red matrix (310, 449) along the west wall of the room. The soil is very dark and soft. There are some roots running through the northern end of the context. There are also a few large irrugular stones (c.20-30 cm). There is a relatively low concentration of pottery and a small amount of bone. There does not appear to be any modern matertial in this deposit [this changed later]. Especially in the northern end of the deposit, there are a large number of large burnt clay nodules, irregualr in shape. These increase in concentration as we excavate lower. We retain these in the excavation area for further examination and collect one as a sample with the small finds. The soil continutes to be very dark and full of carbon, so we take a soil sample for flotation. The concentration of pottery and other material remains very low. The boundary between the soil of 298 and the red soil into which it cuts remains clear, both in terms of color and composition/inclusion. 298 runs up to the face of the west wall. The deposit continutes very deep. The soil continues to be very dark and extremely clayey. There is minimal pottery, and some bone/most appears to be from small animals). From the sieve, there are many small pieces of charcoal and a few fragments of iron. Based on the presence of a metal bowl and the appearance of some of the pottery glaze, this deposit is modern, and is most likely backfill from Broneer's excavation. We send two samples of the clay nodules to Pietri for Emilio to examine (compositiuons, degree of baking, etc.) Near the bottom of the deposit, there are a large number of medium-to-large-sized stones (20-50 cm). At this level, the soil becomes looser and redder, signalling the end of the filling operation with the black soil. However, this redder soil is still very clayey and contains modern material (metal cans). Because of this, we decide to continue excavating this as the same context. However, we will not continue to sieve 100% of the soil, given the date of the material. The excavation of this deposit continues to expose the face of the west wall, which now is 4 courses fall/deep. This is much deeper than the other stoa walls and indicates a need for much deeper foundations (sloping bedrock or previous occupation levels are possible explanations to be explored with further excavation). N.B. Pit was definitely dug by Broneer NB 139 (1933-4)----excavation carried out in March 1934 Corinth I pl.IV (South Stoa volume)--pl.6.2, pl.7.1, and pl.27 | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. obsedian blade1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Prehistoric32 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Prehistoric deep bowl with incised circle2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Neolithic ritual vessel (saved to lot) .leg burnished; Fineware. Roman1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. plain glazed, plate. modern factory made joining no.287; Fineware. Pre-Roman21 bodysherds. ; Fineware. porcelain, plate. ; Fineware. zeuxippus sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), bowl. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 25 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (4% saved) fineware. | |
| 155 frag(s) 1.2 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 28 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | iron modern 247 (saved to lot); bullet modern 1 (saved to lot); glass clear pink bs 1 (saved to lot); bullet casing modern 2 (saved to lot); marble white floor tile 1 (saved to lot); plastic modern black comb bs 1 (saved to lot); marble grey floor tile 1 (saved to lot); marble white floor tile opus sectile 1 (saved to lot); glass clear colorless bs 6 (saved to lot); TC pan tiles 2 burnt (saved to lot); clay nodule 1 (saved to lot); plastic clear colorless with blue and white paints 1 (saved to lot); glass clear green bs 2 (saved to lot); carbon 118 (saved to lot); enameled metal modern bowl 1 (saved to lot) | |
| Period: | Modern Greek | |
| Chronology: | 2nd half of the 20th century | |
| Grid: | 351.7-350.4E, 1087.3-1088.9N | |
| XMin: | 350.4 | |
| XMax: | 351.7 | |
| YMin: | 1087.3 | |
| YMax: | 1088.9 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 80.011-81.191m. | |
| References: | Image: digital 2016 0087 Image: digital 2016 0091 Image: digital 2016 0103 Coin: 2016 21 |
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