Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 1228

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 1228
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Dump Fill of Pit 1229
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1107
Context:		1228
Page:		0
Date:		2013/06/12
Lot:		Lot 2013-024
Stratum:		Color, mixed: red and black. Among inclusions were large tile fragments, pottery (mostly coarse, fine too), charcoal, large numbers and sizes of bone (multiple jaw bones). Inclusions c.80%
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the W. The soil color is light greyish mixed. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		Deposit 1228 was the debris filling pit 1229. Our foreman, at a depth of c.5 m, came down upon a southern stretch of wall 746. The wall appears to divide two distinct earlier soils. One to the east that is darker and ashy, and one to the west that is brown and silty/sandy. We realized that this in fact marked the bottom of the pit, and that we were coming down on earlier levels. We suspect that this large pit--1229-- was initially cut to deposit debris in during the Middle Byzantine period. However, at a depth of .5m, the digger came down uppon wall 746. Deterred by this, as It cut across the center of pit 1229, then cut pit 1211 just a bit to the east. 1229 and 1228 should therefore be contemporary with 1214, 1200, and 1211. Update 18-6-13: Cut 1229, filled by deposit 1228, postdated pit 1245. Deposit 1228, which contained a large sample of pottery, produced not a single Frankish ceramic. As this pit was far from the southern scarp, there was no chance of contamination. Pit 1229 and its associated deposit (1228) had to postdate pit 1245, and as deposit 1228 dated to the Late Byzantine Period (1/2 12th c.), pit 1245 on strategraphic grounds should be no later than this.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), juglet. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. tapering rim, stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .folded rim; Cooking ware. silver mica, stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. gold mica, stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)1 rim. (saved to lot) .exterior groove; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. cloche, lid. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pedestal plate. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped whiteware, plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 1 handle. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)9 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. polychrome, cup. (saved to lot) .cross re-crossed; Fineware. burnished, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .incised design; Coarseware. pitcher. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matte painted, pitcher. 1 rim. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), pitcher. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. whiteware, mug. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Mid-Byz, amphora. 5 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. basin. 5 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), quatrefoil cup. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pithos. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. polychrome, dish. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Byzantine19 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. whiteware plain, plate. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .folded rim; Fineware. candlestick lamp. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. concave thickened rim stewpot (800-950)1 handle. 21 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		48 frag(s) 0.84 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		897 frag(s) 16.21 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		158 frag(s) 2.7 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass, unknown color, unguentarium or flask, rim and neck 1; glass, unknown color, cast bowl with interior and exterior groove, rim 1; glass, pale blueish green, plate or bowl, tubular base 1; glass, 1 green rim, 1 blue base, 4 bluegreen BS, 2 bluegreen base; 1 bluegreen rim; 1 blue BS, green bottle neck
Period:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		1st half of 12th c. CE
Grid:		275.69-273.79E, 1007.27-1008.85N
XMin:		273.79
XMax:		275.69
YMin:		1007.27
YMax:		1008.85
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.41-86.91m.