Corinth Basket: New Apotheke: D. Kokolopoulos and E. Lambraki Field, context 161
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   New Apotheke: D. Kokolopoulos and E. Lambraki Field, context 161
Area:   New Apotheke: D. Kokolopoulos and E. Lambraki Field
Title:   Room 12 - Debris deposit
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1111
Context:   161
Date:   2016/06/17
Stratum:   tile: 60%; 20% stones: 5% cobbles, 10% coarse pebbles, 5% medium pebbles
Description:   The soil color is dark greyish black. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:   Finds collected: plaster
-161 has many more tile and larger stone inclusions than 158.
-Excavation of tile fall/debris in SE corner of Room 12; mostly tile with some stones.
-Worked marble piece recoveered from context: .17m x .15m (possibly wall block)
-Size of tiles: .21 x.17m, .20 x.15m, .20 x 18m, .14 x .14 m.; Approximately same size and type of tiles, broken into thirds and halves.
-Aim is to excavate debris pile down to floor level (revealed in rest of Room 12)
-Chunks of plaster (W face) recovered from context, near wall 153; this is likely from the wall. These were collected.
-Excavation of context 161 revealed possible floor surface (much more compact and consolidated level, with few inclusions) as well as possible foundation trench along wall 153 in SE corner of Room 12.
-Three large stones removed S of SE debris pile, along wall 142; these are likely wall stones fallen from the wall. Measurements: .36 x .23m, .32 x .36m, .29 x .18m.
-Small amount of plaster preserved on wall face of wall 153; this is visible right above floor level.
Finds: Plaster
Context Pottery:   Fineware. bowl. (saved to lot) .Impressed circles
Context Artifacts:   plaster white 9 pieces faced unpainted
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   10th c
Grid:   -304.659--307.665E, 1504.28-1506.524N
XMin:   -307.665
XMax:   -304.659
YMin:   1504.28
YMax:   1506.524
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   58.009-58.164m.