| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Title: | Orange tree planting pit fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1100 | |
| Context: | 6 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2007/04/13 | |
| Stratum: | silty soil with 5-10% inclusions, poorly sorted including tile fragments, pottery sherds and pebbles which are a mix of angular and rounded. | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is slight down to the S. Bottom slope of the context is slight down to the SThe soil color is dark reddish black. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | |
| Notes: | Formation (continued): clung to the tree's stump and its surrounding soil. The specially fertilized soil was very black with small white styro foam inclusions. EXCAVATION NOTES: The pit was sketched after being swept up and photographed; excavation commenced with the recovery of small pottery sherds, the severing of the final intact roots, the stump was cleaned around and then removed; small pottery sherds and tile fragments were found scattered but throughout. After the tree stump's removal excavation in the planting pit continued; the excavator followed the cut of the planting pit while ceasing to work in the southern area and the uppermost NW area as they were outside the cut; in the area immediately around the remaining roots the excavator revealed small areas of yellowish white clay, the clay was part of a mix of soil and other matter that surrounded the orange tree sapling when it was put in the pit (the sapling came with its young root system surrounded by a mix of clay (to increase water retension), soil, and other matter all encased in a bag). The excavator dug the clay as part of this basket. | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. combed pitcher, plate. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. early modern pie crusted1 bodysherd. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 2 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
| 22 frag(s) 0.24 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 1 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Period: | Early Modern (1831-1949 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 1850-1900 | |
| Grid: | 264.25-263E, 1006.1-1009.4N | |
| XMin: | 263 | |
| XMax: | 264.25 | |
| YMin: | 1006.1 | |
| YMax: | 1009.4 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 88.7-88.83m. | |
| Is Above: | 9 | |
| Is Below: | 1 | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lydia Herring, Josh Langseth, Kris Lorenzo (2007-04-09 to 2007-05-18) Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lydia Herring, Josh Langseth, Kris Lorenzo (2007-04-09 to 2007-04-27) |