Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 492

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 492
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Pit
Title:		Pit Fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1103
Context:		492
Page:		0
Date:		2009/04/29
Stratum:		90% land snail shells; few tiles; small angular and subangular pebbles, I large cobble 1 boulder
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light yellowish black. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		This context is the excavation of the fill of a pit located in the NW part of Nezi field, north of cut 272. The pit fill is characterized by a concentration of land-snail shells (a 15 L sample was sent for water sieving) and it was partically overlaid by contexts 490 and 491. The removal of these contexts exposed the full extent of the cut for the pit as well as a possible surface (bottom of 491). The matrix of the pit fill consists of a very loose soil which is in contrast with the walls of the pit which are made from a more compacted soil. In the process of excavation of the pit fill, we uncovered a layer of stones, small and larger cobbles and pieces of tile; they seem to be thrown in the pit. On the eastern side of the pit there is a patch of clay between the large stones; it is possible that this indicates building material thrown in the pit. We closed this context when the rocks and clayey soil cover the full extent of the pit. We will continue removing the pit fill with the rocks as a separate context.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. pre Med2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. blue frit, bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. pre Frankish18 bodysherds. ; Fineware. preRoman1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. light on dark IV, slip painted (1225-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. pre Roman9 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		32 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		547 frag(s) 4.6 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		85 frag(s) 0.8 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron lump 1; iron nail 1; iron shank 1; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- furculum of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - ; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 9 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 12 fragment(s). ; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 fragment(s). ; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 complete example(s). ; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 8 example(s).; Bone- rib of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 12 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		mid 14th c.
Grid:		258.15-257.04E, 1013.66-1014.76N
XMin:		257.04
XMax:		258.15
YMin:		1013.66
YMax:		1014.76
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.09-86.77m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Stella Diakou and Jody Cundy (2009-05-19 to 2009-05-20)