Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 583

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 583
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		deposit
Title:		Reddish Soil in NW Corner
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1110
Context:		583
Date:		2016/06/06
Lot:		Lot 2016-050
Stratum:		pottery, small to coarse (mostly medium) spherical to tabular rounded (very few) to angular pebbles, a couple cobbles, 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 layer lay under 580. although we think that they are part of the same filling action, we are excavating them separately because of the difference in soil: 583 is much less rocky.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. EH Coarse, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .w/ flat rim and rope band; Fineware. LN Grey Ware1 handle. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, sauceboat. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Red Slipped5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LN MP3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Light Painted1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		15 frag(s) 0.19 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		15 frag(s) 0.12 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
Context Artifacts:		chert grainy red 1 (saved to lot); bone 1 (saved to lot)
Period:		Early Helladic
Chronology:		EH II
Grid:		351.3-350.4E, 1089.1-1090N
XMin:		350.4
XMax:		351.3
YMin:		1089.1
YMax:		1090
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		79.92-80.04m.
References:		Image: digital 2016 0553 Image: digital 2016 0557