Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 7009

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 7009
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Fill of robbing trench for wall 6821
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1104
Context:		7009
Page:		0
Date:		2010/05/20
Lot:		Lot 2010-045
Stratum:		40% inclusions of tile, pottery, small and medium pebbles and cobbles, bone
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:		We are excavating 7009 because it is the fill of robbing trench 6927. It is a dark reddish brown clayey soil with large tile inclusions. It seemed to cut through 6929, but only a small finger of the fill (ca .70 m) extends over the ashy pit 6929. This suggests that the trench 6927 abutted 6929, rather than cutting it at a later time. The fill of 6927 to the S of 6929 goes much deeper than the same fill (the "finger") over 6929.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. mid byz, amphora. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. pre roman8 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. triangular rim amphora (1100-1260)1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. mid byz, amphora. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre medieval2 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		14 frag(s) 0.08 kg. (36% saved) fineware.
		134 frag(s) 1.88 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		57 frag(s) 0.68 kg. (2% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		shell murex 3; iron nail? 2; terracotta figurine 1; marble bowl rim 1; Bone- complete metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 12 example(s).; Bone- distal ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- horncore of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Osteich/Chondrichthyes (Fish - Unid) - 2 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 19 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- premaxilla (cranial) cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 27 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 9 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- sternum of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 16 example(s).
Period:		Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:		late 11th / early 12th
Grid:		270.71-270.23E, 1042.03-1043.75N
XMin:		270.23
XMax:		270.71
YMin:		1042.03
YMax:		1043.75
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		83.92-84.21m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Johanna Best; Kelcy Sagstetter (2010-05-04 to 2010-05-21)