Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 660

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 660
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Larger circular feature
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		660
Date:		2015/05/05
Stratum:		Fine angular pebbles, fine rounded spherical pebbles, medium angular tabular tiles, rare angular cobbles, bones and charcoal. Overall 35%
Description:		The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:		The circular feature was first identified after the removal of Context 647 on the 4th. Nearby it another circular/oval feature was identified at the same time (661). Context 660/Cut 665 appeasr to be a small pit which contained ash, charcoal, and bones in a reddish soil along with pieces of pottery. It was decided to sample the entire context (2 buckets, 46 L) as it was relatively small and may include other refuse from cooking. It was possibly used as a single-deposit refuse pit.
Context Pottery:		Plainware. matt painted, bowl. 2 rims. ; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), plate. 1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:		3 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		11 frag(s) 0.05 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		1 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		Late 13th to early 14th
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.62-84.86m.
References:		Image: digital 2015 0533 Image: digital 2015 0548