Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 1102

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 1102
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Ash deposit in E section unpaved courtyard, unit 1
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1112
Context:		1102
Date:		2017/15/15
Lot:		Lot 2017-005
Stratum:		Soil is more accurately described as "ashy silt". 30% ash, 10% charcoal (1 cm), 2% tile fragments (3-5cm), 3% rocks.
Description:		The soil color is dark greyish black. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silt.
Notes:		The boundaries of 1102 were defined by as follows: in the south, by the edges of the paved courtyard (though the floor can be observed continuing under paving stones); in the north, by the north wall foundation trench (1084); in east, by a scarp (it had been decided bisect the unpaved courtyard and excavate an area spanning 2m from the west scarp); and in the west, by the west edge of the scarp. Since on the east unexcavated side the continuation of deposit 1102 has not been excavated, it is not possible to assess if context 1102 was cut by pit 1078. This floor may be a part of a prepatory subfloor - it may be possible the ash in the subfloor was laid down while still hot in order to make the clay in the upper floor surface more durable, though this is entirely theoretical.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 2 rims. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, pitcher. 4 rims. 1 handle. 7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. aegean sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260)1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slip painted2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matt painted, basin. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. early 13th century2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Roman1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. matt painted, pitcher. 1 handle. 11 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .blue diaper with black crosses; Fineware. pre-roman5 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slip and glaze painted, bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		34 frag(s) 0.16 kg. (82% saved) fineware.
		149 frag(s) 1.2 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		11 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		Glass clear greenish bs 1; Obsidian flake 1 (L. 0.016, Th. max. 0.002, min. 0.0005); Bronze strip 1; plaster, 12 (saved to lot); Glass clear bs 1; marble impost capital, 1 (saved to lot); Iron lump 2, iron strip 1
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		late 13th- early 14th c. AD
Grid:		111.8-109.82E, 1039.8-1043.1N
XMin:		109.82
XMax:		111.8
YMin:		1039.8
YMax:		1043.1
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.236-85.3m.