| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 487 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | fill of slumped depression | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1103 | |
| Context: | 487 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2009/04/28 | |
| Stratum: | 60% small - larger pebbles, cobbles | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | The deposit 487 was first identified by the content of grey that distinguished it from the surrounding deposit. Because of its circular shape and general dimensions it initially appeared to be the fill of a large pit. However, in the process of excavation the walls of the "pit" were revealed to slope gently towards the base, showing that the deposit fills a shallow depression rather than a pit. The base of the depression is very compact with numerous pebble inclusions giving the impression of an exterior surface that has slumped down. It is possible this slumping is due to a larger pit or well in the stratigraphy below the level of the pebbly depression. There were a number of different featured that were exposed with the excavation of this context. On the NE there is a possible pit - it has a dark gray soil and inclusions of pottery. It is uncertain whether this pit was cut in the context that we just removed (487) or whether it is an impression of a "pit" that might lie underneath. We will excavate in order to determine its stratigraphic relationship with the various contexts. The pebbly surface that has been exposed with the removal of 487 at the eastern part is cut. It is possible that this was cut for the construction of drain 426; however, it should be noted that no remains of the drain have been found. Also at the western part of this context we revealed a different, more pinkish soil that is possibly related with the deposits visible to the west. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. preroman 9; Cooking ware. triangular exterion groove3 rims. ; Fineware. glaze plain, chafing dish. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. triangular rim stamnos1 rim. ; Fineware. glaze plain, cup. 1 handle. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 2 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. ww kettle4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), plate. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. stamnos5 handles. 37 bodysherds. ; Fineware. glaze painted, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze plain, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. basin2 rims. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. amphora2 rims. 1 handle. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)2 rims. ; Coarseware. burnished pitecher1 handle. 1 bodysherd. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 19 frag(s) 0.08 kg. (5% saved) fineware. | |
| 553 frag(s) 6.33 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 81 frag(s) 0.55 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | iron nail 1 shank 1; glass green cup with tubular foot base 1 as MF 7560b (Corinth XII 725), blue bracelet as MF-4572, colorless bowl with cracked off rim groved rim 1 as Jalame 459; glass blue opaque handle 1; obsidian blade 1; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 example(s).; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- femur of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - ; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 13 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 26 fragment(s). ; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 7 example(s).; Bone- rib of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 13 example(s). | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | mid 14th C | |
| Grid: | 259.4-257.7E, 1013.15-1014.4N | |
| XMin: | 257.7 | |
| XMax: | 259.4 | |
| YMin: | 1013.15 | |
| YMax: | 1014.4 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 86.71-86.82m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Stella Diakou and Jody Cundy (2009-05-19 to 2009-05-20) |
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