Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 137

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 137
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Robbing trench fill, top
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1100
Context:		137
Page:		0
Date:		2007/05/17
Stratum:		20% inclusions: medium and coarse pebbles (angular and subrounded), a few cobbles, tiles, sherds
Description:		Top slope of the context is uneven. Bottom slope of the context is uneven down to the The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		The removal of B131 revealed 2 pairs of cuts, which meet almost perpendicularly. These cuts are almost certainly cuts for robbing trenches, and may represent the same trench for robbed out walls which meet in a corner. We began by digging the N-S running arm of the trench. This trench is bounded by a large square block visible from the surface at the trench's southernmost edge within the excavation area. We later discovered that these two trenches indeed do link up (there is no change in the soil between the N-S arm and the E-W arm), and so continued digging the E-W running arm with this basket. Kleomenis came down on another large squared block next to the block that was revealed with B115. Both have circular depressions on their north sides. These depressions appear to be pivot holes for doors. These blocks could feasibly be reused in this N-S wall; but if they are not, this is almost certainly a threshold. When we were relatively sure that it was a robbing trench we were digging, we decided to dry sieve the rest of the basket. Several large stones (10 or more), most of them showing signs of being worked, were left in the trench for the time being even though they were not in place in the wall - just loose in the robbing trench fill. Kleomenis began to come down on a layer that looked more churned up, with different inclusions (more tile), and pockets of clay and pockets of black soil. Many of the stones that were found and left in were left because they were embedded in this next layer. When we reached this layer, we changed baskets.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. ww incised, chafing dish. 2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww, dish. 1 rim. ; Cooking ware. ww, kettle. 1 handle. ; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260)2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. glaze painted III, slipped (1160-1200)1 rim. ; Fineware. late champs levee fine, slipped style VI (1200-1225)1 rim. ; Fineware. pre-medieval1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww slip painted (700-1120)1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. light on dark IV, slip painted (1225-1260)1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. stamnos/pitcher. 1 rim. 1 handle. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)3 rims. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300)1 rim. 5 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora stoppers1 handle. ; Fineware. sgraffito, slipped style II (1140-1170)2 rims. ; Coarseware. undecorated, bowl. 1 rim. ; Cooking ware. matte painted, stamnos. 1 handle. 2 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320)1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		20 frag(s) 0.3 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		188 frag(s) 2.32 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		60 frag(s) 0.58 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		bone unid 22; revetment schist 1; glass bulbous stemmed 1; bone sus mandible 1 phalange 1; wall plaster painted red 1; bone ovis mandible 1 astragalus 2
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		2nd half 13th century
Grid:		266.4-263.81E, 1002.64-1006.11N
XMin:		263.81
XMax:		266.4
YMin:		1002.64
YMax:		1006.11
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		87.1-87.35m.
Is Above:		139
Is Below:		131
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lydia Herring, Josh Langseth, Kris Lorenzo (2007-04-09 to 2007-05-18) Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lina Kokkinou and Angela Ziskowski (2007-05-21 to 2007-06-09) Image: digital 2007 0423 Image: digital 2007 0424 Coin: 2007 203