Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 5310

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 5310
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		leveling fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1101
Context:		5310
Page:		0
Date:		2008/04/22
Lot:		Lot 2008-080
Stratum:		30% clay, charcoal, rooftile lees than 20 cm, small sherds, anglar tabular cobbled
Description:		Top slope of the context is uneven. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:		1) We are excavting the N area to figure out the floor leveling situation regarding North and South floors connected over East-West wall. 2)Because of the uneven mixtrure of materials and rooftiles this looks like fill to bring up floor levels over wall. Some roots disturb this layer. Pottery is flat lying on top and random below. The roots make the soil softer. The animal bone recovered includes some complete elements in this context (5310) which was not the case with overlying contexts. Also, a few fish bones appear. Often our contexts end when the crust of the context underneath is reached, but once the soil is dug into, the compaction ends up being soft. The processes that led to this kind of deposition are unclear: it could be a result of weather, compression, or treading by people and/or animals. Boundaries clear change between the bottom of 5310 and the crust of 5317
Context Pottery:		Fineware. sgraffito, slipped style II (1140-1170), bowl. 1 rim. ; Cooking ware. beaker. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 1 handle. 23 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120)1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. basin. 1 handle. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), cup. 1 handle. ; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270), stewpot. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 handle. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 3 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		9 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		88 frag(s) 1.85 kg. (26% saved) coarseware.
		57 frag(s) 0.8 kg. (9% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		stopper cut from tile perforated 1; plaster lump 1; shell murex; Bone- a mix of compact/spongy indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- a mix of compact/spongy limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; glass lump green 1; iron lump 1; iron nail 2; iron strap 1; Bone- complete phalanx, 2nd of C. hircus (Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal ephiphysis humerus of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal+shaft radius of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- fragment rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 8 example(s).; Bone- glend foss&neck scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- half tooth, incisor of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- maxilla (cranial) tooth, molar of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) mandible of C. hircus (Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) mandible of C. hircus (Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) metacarpal of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal+shaft ulna of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft tibia of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, frag limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, frag ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		mid 12th
Grid:		263.4-262.2E, 1042.75-1044.2N
XMin:		262.2
XMax:		263.4
YMin:		1042.75
YMax:		1044.2
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.78-84.83m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Thanos Webb (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13)