Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 575

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 575
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		deposit
Title:		Rocky Fill in Bedrock Cutting in Center of Trench
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1110
Context:		575
Date:		2016/06/03
Lot:		Lot 2016-049
Stratum:		pottery (lots), bone, rounded to angular spherical to tabular small to coarse pebbles, a few cobbles, pieces of vrachos, small bits of clay
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the NW. The soil color is dark brownish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		this was the first new context opened 3/6. it appears to be a thick layer of rocky fill within the curved cut in the bedrock revealed yesterday (579). The removal of this fill revealed the other side of 579, which is cut in soil.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. EH Red Slipped, jug. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. 5 rims. (saved to lot) .w/ incurving rim; Fineware. EH Red Slipped1 handle. (saved to lot) .incised; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ ring foot; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. 5 rims. (saved to lot) .w/ flat rim; Fineware. EH Coarse, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ pushed in base; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ flat base; Fineware. EH Light Painted, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ flat based; Fineware. EH Black Slipped, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .w/ incurving rim; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .husking; Fineware. EH Black Slipped, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .w/ flat rim; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bow. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .w/ flat rim (relief deco); Fineware. EH Black Slipped, saucer. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Red Slipped1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .spoon; Fineware. MN Pattern Burnish1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ pushed in based (marks?); Fineware. LN MP8 rims. 17 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LN Grey Ware2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .w/ incision; Fineware. LN Red Painted1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .fruitstand pedestal; Fineware. LN Black-Burnished13 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LN Black-Burnished (saved to lot) .fruitstand pedestal; Fineware. EH Red Slipped1 rim. 75 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LN Black on Red1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .fruitstand pedestal; Fineware. EH Black Slipped45 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Light Painted1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .spout; Fineware. LN Grey Ware1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .fruitstand pedestal; Fineware. LN Grey Ware7 rims. 34 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LN Grey Ware, bowl. (saved to lot) .flat base; Fineware. EH Light Painted, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .w/ incurving rim; Fineware. EH Red Slipped, sauceboat. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Light Painted1 rim. 1 handle. 70 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Coarse1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .w/ rope band; Fineware. EH Light Painted, jar. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH Black Slipped, bowl. (saved to lot) .w/ flat base; Fineware. LN Black-Burnished1 handle. (saved to lot) .ritual vessel; Fineware. LN Grey Ware1 rim. (saved to lot) .fruitstand bowl
Pottery Summary:		372 frag(s) 2.85 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		266 frag(s) 2.76 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
Context Artifacts:		shell land 18, marine 3 (not with pottery) (saved to lot); bone 2 (with pottery) (saved to lot); chert red 3, core 2 (saved to lot); schist 7, quern 1 (will inventroy) (saved to lot); bone 28, tooth 3 (not with pottery) (saved to lot); EH oval hearth with kerbschnitt CP 1 (will inventory) (saved to lot); EH hearth with matt imprint Base 13 (will inventory (saved to lot); obsidian flake 1, blade 1, core 2 (saved to lot); burnisher (saved to lot); figurine 1 (saved to lot)
Period:		Early Helladic
Chronology:		EH II
Grid:		353-351.15E, 1086.85-1089.35N
XMin:		351.15
XMax:		353
YMin:		1086.85
YMax:		1089.35
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		80.04-80.25m.
References:		Image: digital 2016 0528 Image: digital 2016 0533