| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6010 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Pit | |
| Title: | Pit Fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1103 | |
| Context: | 6010 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2009/04/08 | |
| Stratum: | Inclusions: 5% small and medium subrounded pebbles. 610 is redder and softer than 6007. 6010 is redder than 6005. | |
| Description: | The soil color is dark reddish black. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is well sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | This context is the soft fill partially sealed under floor 6007. Context 6005 covered this whole area, and was a softer fill with some charcoal inclusions. Excavation of this soft fill exposed a small patch of floor (6007) with heavey charcoal inclusions. Under the floor and some of 6010, we found this softer soil, which goes down fairly deep but doesn't extend as far N or as far as the robbing trench 6004 to the west. The sandy soil of 6008 abutts this context on the E, and more courses from 10079 have ben exposed to the S. In the fill of the first 20 cm of this unit, we found a coin (2009-30). Because this unit first appeared to be fill under floor 6007, we did not sieve the top, but as soon as it appered to be a pit, we sieved 100%. And took a sample for flotation. This soil has turned up a large amount of bone and coarse and cooking handles, with fewer body sherds than one might expect. About 50 cm down, along the W edge, we hit a hole that seemed to be rather deep, possibly the same as a deep cavity to the S of wall 10079 and the stone lined drain E of 1008. We are still exposing this feature in our own pit and connot yet determine if they are the same. The W and N edges of this feature are are straight and meet at a right angle, which might make this a cistern or something more regular than a pit. At the base of this context we've exposed a long flat stone slab abutting 10079, and after cleaning the rest of this soil we've exposed 4 stones total, going from the SW into wall 10079, curving to the the NE out of the context. There are voids visible under these stones, and to the SE. We are confident that this is a drain (6024), probably connecting with the drain outside wall 10083. The direction of this feature makes this possible, as well as the scope of the stones. We took elevations on the top of the four stones and from SW-NE, the feature slopes down to the NW 32 cm in a short distance (from SW-most to NE-most stone: 84.87, 84.76, 84.62, 84.55). The drain 3.5 m to the NE outside wall 10083 has a top elevation of 84.65. When we exposed these 4 capstones of 6024, we closed the context. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. premedieval 19; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)2 rims. ; Coarseware. amphora. 5 handles. 15 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. sloping2 rims. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 19 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
| 484 frag(s) 9.65 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 73 frag(s) 0.8 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | bronze clump 1; iron slag 4; plaster white 1; marble revetment 1; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- femur of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 13 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- radius of Canis familiaris (Dog - Domestic) - 1 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 2 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 14 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 7 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s). | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | Tenth Eleventh century NPD | |
| Grid: | 283.95-282.7E, 1027.78-1029.14N | |
| XMin: | 282.7 | |
| XMax: | 283.95 | |
| YMin: | 1027.78 | |
| YMax: | 1029.14 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.47-85.33m. | |
| References: | Image: digital 2009 0348 Coin: 2009 30 |
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