Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 5320

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 5320
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1101
Context:		5320
Page:		0
Date:		2008/04/23
Lot:		Lot 2008-047
Stratum:		Subround and angular spherical and tabular, fine to large pebbles as inclusions. Also tiles, pottery. 10%
Description:		The soil color is light brownish red. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is moderately sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		We start taking context 5320, which has far few inclusions than that above. The soil is very red and much more compact, often taking a pick to break it up. There are bits of charcoal in the soil. At the south end of the trench, this layer wsa preserved at a much higher level. This was taken first although it is assumed that this is all the same context up to the trench for Wall 5216. There is some root growth in the area. After the higher area is leveled, the soil looks similar so we continue to tak it further down. There are large fragments of mudbrick. There is a fragment of marble molding. The soil continued to be simillar in its reddish color up to the trench along Wall 5216. Tiles=39, 5.9kg We stop as the soil in the north and south seems different. In the north, the isthmus of soil left that extends north to wall 5216 seems grayer. This may be due to dryness and could use some more analysis. In south the soil along Wall 5215 seems to be darker and softer with more inclusions. This could be a foundation trench. However, the soil that is slightly higher at c. 263E seems to be the same as context 5320 in color and inclusions, but is less compact. We stop here to decide whether to take this higher soil with the foundation trench or by itself. Upon further consultation, we believe that we have reached the foundation trench for the north face of the wall south of our south scarp (5215). The reason why the south scarp was at a higher elevation than the soil to its north was perhaps because when the foundation trench was dug, the soil was merely piled onto where our south scarp now it. A pit (context 5171) was subsequently either laid on or cut into this foundation trench, and it is only now that we can see the brown soil for the tranch, which contrasts with the red that we have excavated throughout this pass of scarp. To the north, we believed the further soil from the foundatin trench of the south face of wall 5216 needs to be excavated. It is only now that we have been able to see that the clayey patch in the trench is distinguishable from the redder, looser soil of the scarp. This clay patch idi differ from the looser soil of the foundation trench, but we now believe that it was an inclusion in the foundation trench of Wall 5216. Also the soil under 5320 is most likely more of this context. It was stopped to explore problems with the two foundation trenches not because the context was finished.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. Unid red slip1 rim. ; Cooking ware. bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. casserole. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stewpot. 4 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Nied 772 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Arretine2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. preroman62 bodysherds. ; Fineware. unid red slip3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. AfRS3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. AfRS, Form 50A. 4 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		81 frag(s) 0.4 kg. (2% saved) fineware.
		266 frag(s) 3 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		174 frag(s) 1.1 kg. (2% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		plaster brown coat 4 underplaster fresco black 3 red 7 yellow 3 green 1; lamp type 27 with erotic scene tondo 1 with victory shoulder 1 other shoulder 1 BS 1 handle 1 (saved to lot); glass red nodules 2; marble statue base molding 1 (saved to lot); iron 13 including nail square shank 7 nail unid 4 semi-circular strap 1; tessera 1; slate 1; marble revetment white 3 gray 1; shell 1; obsidian secondary flake 1 (saved to lot); lead 2 including rim 1Diam. 0.28m; glass colorless BS 9, thumb indented cup tubular ring foot 2 rim 2 yellow BS 1 rim 1 colorless trefoil mouth 1 colorless relief decoration rim 1; charcoal ca. 30 (natural substances drawer) (saved to lot); chert red 5 (saved to lot); Bone- distal ephiphysis femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal phalanx, 2nd of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal+shaft metacarpal of Capra hircus (Goat - Domestic) - 2 example(s).; Bone- fragment rib of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- half phalanx, 1st of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- shaft tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:		300 +/- 20
Grid:		265.56-263.04E, 1020.64-1022.76N
XMin:		263.04
XMax:		265.56
YMin:		1020.64
YMax:		1022.76
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Jody Cundy and Megan Thompsen (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Matthew J. Baumann and Nathanael J. Andrade (2008-04-07 to 2008-04-23)