Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 26

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 26
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		clayey fill in oven
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1100
Context:		26
Page:		0
Date:		2007/04/20
Stratum:		B26 contained orange clay, grey clay, and white clay. With 2% inclusions of small subrounded and angular pebbles as well as small pottery sherds. The orange clay, grey clay, and white clay are not uniform throughout, they are highly mixed with no discern
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the NW. Bottom slope of the context is slight down to the NWThe soil color is mixed. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is mixed- see description.
Notes:		(Formation Notes cont.) the results of the work so far both on B26 and its neighboring baskets we have formulated three hypotheses that B26 (1) is a hearth, (2) a potting installation, and (3) a floor(s) all of which are based on the presence of grey, orange, and white clay with only a partially preserved border of worked stones on its NE side. EXCAVATION NOTES: The removal of B2 plowzone from the SW section of the excavation area on 10/4/07 first came down on B26, which was described on that day as "a deposit of orangish yellow clay that may be bounded to the north by a stone built wall (runs E-W roughly)" *From the excavation notes for B2. On 20/4/07 the removal of B23 (the plow furrows in the SW section of the excavation area) further defined B26's limits. The decision to excavate this deposit was arrived at after discussions between James and myself, Kris. The northern limit of B26 covered the southern edges of the roughly E-W blocks at its northern edge. B26 was cut by one N/S plow furrow, one E/W plow furrow, and the roughly N/S cut of the western irrigation pipe. After Andreas removed a small section of B26 just south of the E-W blocks he not only started to define regular edges to the blocks but he also came down on an even layer of white clay and a few stones that could have been part of a floor, at this time a consultation took place between Andreas, Thanasis, James, myself, Josh and Lydia. At this consultation it was decided that B26 would be closed because the presence of orange and white clay, a border of regular "cut" stones, and grey clay leads us to believe that B26 might be the much disturbed remains of a hearth or a potting area. Also an area of dark soil, possibly a pit or some other type of disturbance, borders B26 on the SE and, probably, caused the full or partial destruction of B26's original SE corner/area. And directly to the N and E there is a tile scatter (The removal of B23 uncovered the tile scatter). Therefore the area of dark soil and the tile scatter postdates the orange clay deposit B26 and both should be romoved first before further work is done on B26.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. pl gr gl early modern, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. pre early modern1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:		3 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		12 frag(s) 0.06 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		6 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Period:		Early Modern (1831-1949 AD)
Chronology:		1850-1900
Grid:		268.95-267E, 1001.52-1004.1N
XMin:		267
XMax:		268.95
YMin:		1001.52
YMax:		1004.1
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		87.53-87.69m.
Is Above:		88
Is Below:		2
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lydia Herring, Josh Langseth, Kris Lorenzo (2007-04-09 to 2007-05-18) Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lydia Herring, Josh Langseth, Kris Lorenzo (2007-04-09 to 2007-04-27) Image: digital 2007 0026 Image: digital 2007 0027