Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 171

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 171
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		top layer of pit fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1100
Context:		171
Page:		0
Date:		2007/05/24
Lot:		Lot 2007-048
Stratum:		inclusions 50% : a lot of tile fragments, a lot of stones (angular and sub-rounded boulders, angular and sub-rounded cobbles), carbon pieces, pottery sherds, bones and sea shells, roots, 1 coin (2007 - 363), 1 bag with metal objects (from sieve), 1 bag of
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the N. Bottom slope of the context is slight. The soil color is very dark brownish black. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is moderately sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		24-05-07 After we finished doing basket 169, a pit was revealed. We decided to start excavating it in basket 171. The pit cuts the destruction layer that is visible to the north, east, and south east of B171. The top fill of the pit has soft, very dark balsck soil and it contains a significant amount of large and small stones and tile fragments. We had to stop digging the basket because it started to rain heavily. 25-05-07 We hoped to continue with the same basket the next day (25-5-07). But because it rained all night and day at the 25-05-07 we did not excavate at all. 29-05-07 We started working again on B171 on Monday 29-05-07. It had been raining heavily the whole weekend, so the soil was not yet dry. The soil was very soft and dark brownish black with many inclusions. The soil in B171 included a large quantity of stones (boulders, cobbles, pebbles) and of tile fragments, most of which seems to have been manufactured in bright yellow clay . Many pottery sherds and bones were also discovered, as well as few sea shells, 1 bag with glass fragments (from the sieve) and 1 bag with metal objects (from the sieve) We also discovered coin 2007-363 [266.92 E/ 1004.08N/ 86.59 El] We had some difficulty in identifying the cut of the pit in the South side of the pit. Here the soil is very soft. We are going to examine this matter in the following baskets of the fill. We decided to close B171, when we reached soil of different colors, which we are going to study in separate baskets. In the South part of the bottom of B171 the soil is hard , dark brownish white. In the North and North-east part of the bottom of B171 it is soft , dark brownish white. And in the West part of the bottom of B171 it is very soft and very dark brownish black similar to the soil in B171. We decided to remove this last soft dark black soil in a separate basket from B171, in B177, in case it is related with the NS wall at 266.44E, with which it is immediately adjacent .
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. graffito "MD", amphora. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. coarse incised, slipped style VI (1200-1220), bowl. 3 rims. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)4 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matte painted, bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. light on dark I, slip painted (1100-1125), bowl. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. zeuxippus sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320)4 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matte painted, stamnos. 1 rim. 2 handles. 19 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. ww, kettle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-medieval 54 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. spatter painted, slipped (1110-1140), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted III, slipped (1160-1200), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. hole mouthed stewpot1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. veneto ware, bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. veneto ware, bowl. 2 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. gunsenin III amphora (1200-1300)1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted III, slipped (1160-1200), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 2 rims. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 3 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), pitcher. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), saifing dish. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. archaic maiolica, slipped (1270-1325), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 1 rim. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 1 rim. 20 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. frit, bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		157 frag(s) 1.74 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		974 frag(s) 13.35 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		276 frag(s) 3.16 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		bronze ring complete broken pushed in Diam. 0.015 1; glass clear greenish with applied blue zig zag trail bs 1; bone bos horn core 1 atlas 1 scapula 1; bone sus mandible 1 maxilla 1 molar 3; shell gaederopus 1; bone ovis mandible 3 [1 immature] molar 4 horn core 1 vertebrae 2; candlestick CP 1 bs 1; bone unid ca 130; revetment schisty marble 3 white 1; stopper cut from schisty marble 1; shell lima 1; glass clear bluish bs 1; glass clear greenish thickened rim similar to Jalame no 6 Diam. greater than 0.10 rim 1; glass clear pale green bs 1; shell equus first phalange 1; bone fowl 2; iron nail square shank complete L. 0.041 1, head 1; hellenistic pebble floor 1; glass 4
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		last quarter of 13 th century
Grid:		267.71-266.41E, 1003.43-1005N
XMin:		266.41
XMax:		267.71
YMin:		1003.43
YMax:		1005
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.56-87.07m.
Is Above:		174
Is Below:		169
References:		Image: bw 2007 015 01 Coin: 2007 363 Coin: 2007 374 Coin: 2007 375