Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 5650
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 5650
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Surface
Title:   Third highest floor between walls 5552 & 5631
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1101
Context:   5650
Page:   0
Date:   2008/05/27
Stratum:   9% total: 2% bone, 2% pottery, 5% pebbles- fine-medium, rounded and sub-rounded, spherical
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   This floor seems to be in association with threshold 5648, which seems to be level, but a little dirt is on top of it. We are pedestaling threshold 5647. Excavation revealed a fourth floor underneath, and a patch of soft dirt which cuts the fourth floor and is holding up threshold 5647.
Context Pottery:   Coarseware. amphora. 2 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. mug. ; Cooking ware. ww, kettle. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 2 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:   1 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    5 frag(s) 0.06 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    5 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   shell patella 1
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   late 11th/early 12th
Grid:   273.12-271.3E, 1026.22-1027.08N
XMin:   271.3
XMax:   273.12
YMin:   1026.22
YMax:   1027.08
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.93-84.97m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Anne C. Feltovich, Catherine W. Person and Emily M. Rush (2008-05-05 to 2008-06-14)
Report: Nezi Field 2009 by spongberg hammond lima (2009-05-20 to 2009-05-21)
Image: digital 2008 0145
Image: digital 2008 0146