Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6607

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6607
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Dumped fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1103
Context:		6607
Page:		0
Date:		2009/06/05
Lot:		Lot 2009-089
Stratum:		10% inclusions of pebbles, spherical and cobbles, tile, and a marble column base
Description:		The soil color is light greyish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		Context 6607 is a deposit of dumped fill in the NW corner of the room NW of the courtyard of the Byz. House. The deposit is cut by pit cut 6116 to the E, and contained or cut by wall stumps 10111(South) and 6130 (east). We are attempting to determine if there is any relationship between the soil in this lense and the one to the east of the pit. For this reason, and because this deposit is so small, we are sieving the context for maximum retrieval of pottery. The presence of a small millstone in the context suggests this is dumped fill of some sort. Deeper in the context there was a great deal of large broken cooking pots, and as we went further, we discovered that what we thought was a millstone was actually a column base. The nature of this corner deposit is confusing, since it is contained by wall on 4 sides, but this area is far too small to be a room. The fill could therefore potentially be very useful in dating the walls. In fact, it is probably better to say that the deposit is cut by one or both of the aforementioned walls, since they appear to be later than wall 5562 to the N which appears to be founded upon a Roman wall against which this lense's soil is laid. All of this is to say that the original dimensions of the dumped fill remail a mystery, but the dumping action is later than wall 5562 at least, and the soil is cut by, probably, some combination of (but not all of) walls 5724, 10111, and 6130. Removal of this deposit revealled a soil that is redder and softer, and seems to be unrelated to the soil on the other side of the pit since it is redder and softer than that too and has fewer inclusions.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. amphora. 2 handles. 12 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 rim. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), mug. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. tankard. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), unidentified. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pithos. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. basin. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. premedieval2 handles. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. ww, kettle. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval17 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)39 rims. 15 handles. 400 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		19 frag(s) 0.22 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		306 frag(s) 7.6 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		463 frag(s) 8.6 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron nail 1; glass colorless bs 1; glass clear bluish green bs 7 handle 1; glass clear bluish green stem 1 of goblet as MF 5757b [Corinth XII, no. 714 pg.110]; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; glass clear bluish green base 2 as MF 4384 [Corinth XII, no. 712 pg.110]; Bone- 6 of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 4 example(s).; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 fragment(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 w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- maxilla of Teleostei (Fish - Bony) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 fragment(s). 1 complete example(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 complete example(s). ; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 complete example(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 11 example(s).; Bone- rib of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- sacrum of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- sternum of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, axis of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, axis of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, cervical of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, cervical of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, cervical of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, lumbar of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, lumbar of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, thoracic of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, thoracic of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Byzantine
Chronology:		1090 +/-10
Grid:		261.58-260.79E, 1037.18-1038.28N
XMin:		260.79
XMax:		261.58
YMin:		1037.18
YMax:		1038.28
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.17-84.58m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Karl Goetze, Dan Leon (2009-05-25 to 2009-06-12)