Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 5491

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 5491
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Pit
Title:		pit fill of debris S of remaining second course of
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1101
Context:		5491
Page:		0
Date:		2008/05/15
Lot:		Lot 2008-010
Stratum:		20%: cobbles (rounded), roof tiles (0.07-0.10 m; 1.75 kg tiles in 39 pieces), bone (0.03-0.05 m), pottery (0.03-0.07 m)
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light pinkish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is well sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		We excavated this layer of loose, stony debris fill because it appeared to overlie a hard, white layer (context 5499) that we have been observing in relation to former Wall 5478. The edge of the cut was clear from the E edge, but we realized moving westward that the layer of ash actually goes below the white layer (context 5499). Consequently, we have, for the second time, proceeded out of sequence (but see note below). In the previous ashy context that we excavated (# 5489), the same situation was true- there was an edge faintly visible to the E, but to the W, the ash appeared to go beneath a white layer. It is worth noting that these diffuse W boundaries seem to occur repeatedly. G.S. has speculated that this alternation of surfaces may relate to construction activities that entail fill being dumped from different areas and directions. His idea would explain how the layering we are seeing would have occurred. Note, later in the day on 14.05.08: We returned to this area upon clarification by the pickman, who noted that the hard, white layer does NOT appear to the W of context 5491. Instead, the soil appears mixed and the border to the W appears diffuse. The same is true for the border that we assumed existed with the putative wall to the N. The pickman has asserted that perhaps the "Wall" 5478 and its associated foundations is acutally just a part of the fill of the pit 5498, since some of the stones of the second course are pedestalled beneath fill that seems to go with context 5491. We will take out the stones and their surrounding soil matrix as a separate context from the pit located immediately to the S of them. Then, we will define the edge of the pit as we see it afterward. To return to the soil exposed to the W edge of the pit, it makes understanding the distribution of the white, hard layer 5499 easier, since its boundaries have become less truncated and patchy. It only seems to appear to the E of the pit containing the wall foundations.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. zeuxippus sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), bowl. 3 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. basin. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260) (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 1 handle. 18 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. sgraffito, slipped style II (1140-1170)1 handle. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late champs levee fine, slipped style VI (1200-1225), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 1 handle. 26 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270), stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300)2 rims. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320), stewpot. 1 rim. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		30 frag(s) 0.52 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		102 frag(s) 1.77 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		22 frag(s) 0.28 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		Shell pinna 1, patela 2, cockle 1 (saved to lot); Bone- coronoid proces mandible of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 3 example(s).; Bone- distal humerus of Capra hircus (Goat - Domestic) - 1 example(s).; Bone- fragment cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- fragment cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 8 example(s).; Bone- fragment rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 7 example(s).; Bone- fragment scapula of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 6 example(s).; Bone- fragment scapula of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- fragment vertebrae of Ruminant (Ruminant) - 7 example(s).; Bone- half metacarpal of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) femur - 2 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) tooth, molar of Bos taurus (Cattle - Domestic) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) tooth, molar of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal ulna of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 2 example(s).; Bone- proximal+shaft metacarpal of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal+shaft radius of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft tibia of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		1270-1280
Grid:		262.67-261.97E, 1036.99-1037.58N
XMin:		261.97
XMax:		262.67
YMin:		1036.99
YMax:		1037.58
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85-85.25m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Sarah Lima (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13)