Corinth Basket: New Apotheke: D. Kokolopoulos and E. Lambraki Field, context 32 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Basket | | Name: | | New Apotheke: D. Kokolopoulos and E. Lambraki Field, context 32 | | Area: | | New Apotheke: D. Kokolopoulos and E. Lambraki Field | | Title: | | Room 1- Dumped Fill East of Structure 12 | | Category: | | Deposit | | Notebook: | | 1111 | | Context: | | 32 | | Date: | | 2016/06/02 | | Stratum: | | We estimate 5% small, unworked rocks, no larger than 0.20 x 0.21 x 0.12 meters in size. Higher concentrations of rocks appeared at lower levels. Less than one pail of pottery was collected. | | Description: | | Top slope of the context is uneven. The soil color is dark greyish yellow. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt. | | Notes: | | We opened context 32 on 2/6/16 after determining that context 29 represnted early modern agricultural material. At Director Sanders' suggestion, we dug to the east of the cistern (structure 12) in the NE corner of room 1 in attempt to identify surface levels and features associated with the construction of the cistern and/or the gully or pipeline pointed out by Thanasis. This pipeline runs north-south in line with wall 18. Soil compaction varied, and was generally hard to the west, close to the cistern, and soft to the east. The concentration of medium-sized (c. 0.20 meters in diameter) rocks increased at lower elevations, and we closed context 32 when we came down on a concentration of rocks similar to that on the other (west) side of the cistern. We left a baulk on the west side of 32, imposing an artificial boundary, since the material of the baulk is the same as that of context 32. | | Context Pottery: | | Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), cup. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. table amphora. 2 handles. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | | Pottery Summary: | | 5 frag(s) 0.015 kg. (20% saved) fineware. | | | | 136 frag(s) 2.57 kg. (4% saved) coarseware. | | | | 26 frag(s) 0.18 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | | Period: | | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | | Chronology: | | Early 12th century | | Grid: | | -304.19--305.24E, 1470.72-1474.36N | | XMin: | | -305.24 | | XMax: | | -304.19 | | YMin: | | 1470.72 | | YMax: | | 1474.36 | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | Masl: | | 58.9-59.15m. |
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