Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 580

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 580
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		deposit
Title:		Reddish Deposit Cut by Large Bedrock Cut
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1110
Context:		580
Date:		2016/06/06
Lot:		Lot 2016-050
Stratum:		pottery, some cobbles, small to coarse rounded (very few) to angular spherical to tabular pebbles, bone, small bits of clay
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the SE. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		this was the first new context excavated 6/6. after we finished the large pit cut into the bedrock (579) that was cut into and laid over part of 580. the cut was responsible for the suddent drop in 580: its westernmost portion was unscatched, but towards the southeast part of it had been cut away, with remainder laid under the bottom of the cut. In both the west and south the bedrock seems, based on the scarp, to continue straight down, as thought cut. Perhaps the area was a natural gully, which was initially cut vertically and filled, then the steps were cut later. Removal of 580 showed that it did notcontinue as far SE as we initially thought. Below it in the NW corner of the room was a reddish but less rocky patch of soil (583); to the SE, a rocky, softer, darker context to be excavated after 583 (584). We think that they are probably part of the same filling action, but we are excavating them separately because of the difference in soil.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. EH Red Slipped1 handle. (saved to lot) .incised; Fineware. EH Black Slipped, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .w/ flat rim and relief band; Fineware. EH Light Painted, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ flat base; Fineware. LN Grey Ware2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .fruitstand pedestal; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .w/ flat rim and spool handle; Fineware. LN MP (saved to lot) .fruitstand pedestal (one with mending hole); Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ flat base; Fineware. EH Black Slipped, saucer. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Black Slipped, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ flat base; Fineware. LN Black-Burnished11 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LN MP1 rim. 10 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LN Grey Ware1 rim. 19 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Coarse, bowl. 4 rims. (saved to lot) .w/ flat rim and rope band; Fineware. EH Black Slipped, sauceboat. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ disc foot; Fineware. LN Black-Burnished1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .ritual vessel leg; Fineware. EH Black Slipped28 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .one with herring bone incision; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .w/ pushed in base; Fineware. LN Grey Ware, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .carinated; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. 3 rims. (saved to lot) .w/ incurving rim; Fineware. EH Light Painted2 handles. 57 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Black Slipped, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .w/ flat rim; Fineware. LN Black-Burnished1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .fruitstand pedestal; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ ring foot; Fineware. EH Black Slipped, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ ring foot; Fineware. EH Red Slipped2 rims. 3 handles. 53 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Black Slipped, bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .w/ T-rim; Fineware. EH Light Painted, jar. 1 rim. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Coarse, bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .w/ flat rim
Pottery Summary:		498 frag(s) 5.69 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
Context Artifacts:		shell land 20, marine 2 (with pottery) (saved to lot); Carbon 1 (saved to lot); Obsidian 2, blade 1 (saved to lot); Clay 1 (saved to lot); bone 42, teeth cow? 1, sheep/goat mandible with 8 teeth (not with pottery) (saved to lot); burnisher? 1 (saved to lot); EH Hearth BS 11 (joining 575) (saved to lot)
Period:		Early Helladic
Chronology:		EH II
Grid:		351.8-350.4E, 1088.85-1090N
XMin:		350.4
XMax:		351.8
YMin:		1088.85
YMax:		1090
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		79.9-80.23m.
References:		Image: digital 2016 0546 Image: digital 2016 0553