Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 875

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 875
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Dark deposit SW structure 850
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		875
Date:		2015/06/15
Stratum:		60% angular spherical small pebbles. Most of the inclusions are tile fragments, shards and bones in lower number. Some isolated fragments of charcoal.
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark brownish yellow. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		11.43: Work in room 8 continues in order to reveal more clearly the left face of 850. This small lens seems to be between 873 and the surface that is covering most of the area of room 8. The layer is soifter that the contexts above and it is being interpreted as a thrown of soil associated to the consolidation of the wall after its construction. A second throw seems to be located north of this context.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. Frankish incised, bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Slip plain glaze7 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		13 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		17 frag(s) 1.19 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		176 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		obsidian blade 1 (L. 0.019, W. 0.011, Th. 0.005); iron slag 1 (W. 0.114); iron nail, shaft 1; glass clear bluish bs 1; iron nail round shaft 1; bronze nail head 1
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		mid 13th century
Grid:		125-123.7E, 1081.3-1082.6N
XMin:		123.7
XMax:		125
YMin:		1081.3
YMax:		1082.6
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.55-84.65m.
References:		Image: digital 2015 0969 Coin: 2015 598 Coin: 2015 599 Coin: 2015 601