Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6610

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6610
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Leveling fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1103
Context:		6610
Page:		0
Date:		2009/06/06
Lot:		Lot 2009-083
Stratum:		50-60% small rounded subangular boulders, cobbles, tiles, pottery
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark greyish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		6610 was opened as a soft, blackish deposit below 6605. It seems to overlie the harder, redder soil on the north and east. It is cut on the south by the big circular pit 6224 and on the west by the big rt 6254. As we excavated 6610, we noticed a small ash lens on the western side. There were no real boundaries to this lens; the ashy soil just bled into the surrounding non-ashy soil. Some bits of charcoal were seen. It seems as if the black soil does not over lie the surrounding red but cuts it at the west. On the north, it appears to go beneath the harder, redder soil here. So it's possible the red overlies the black here. But it is difficult to be sure. We cannot say for sure that the black cuts the red, since the cut is not secure. It seems that we are once again dealing with dumped fills that are not cutting but really overlying portions of one another.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. ww impressed (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)8 rims. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. jar. 3 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval30 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), fruit dish. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. black figure, lekythos. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. burnished, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. fruit dish. 3 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120)1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		40 frag(s) 0.22 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		519 frag(s) 8.77 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		120 frag(s) 1.42 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		lead strip 1; iron nail head 2, shaft 3, lump 1; Bone- 6 of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; bronze lump 1; shell murex 4; glass bluish rim 1 bs 2 green handle 1; iron nail 1 shaft 1; unid shell 2; Bone- cranial of B. taurus (Cattle) - 3 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 8 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 26 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- indeterminate of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Teleostei (Fish - Bony) - 9 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 21 fragment(s). ; Bone- mandible of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 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) - 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) - 5 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- premaxilla of Diplodus sargus (Bream - White) - 1 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 30 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 8 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 8 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 9 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth, incisor of B. taurus (Cattle) - 4 example(s).; Bone- ulna of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- ulna of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- vertebrae, axis of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, lumbar of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, lumbar of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, thoracic of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Byzantine
Chronology:		late 11th/early 12th century
Grid:		280.17-278.52E, 1029.75-1031.69N
XMin:		278.52
XMax:		280.17
YMin:		1029.75
YMax:		1031.69
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.55-84.75m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Martin Wells, Katie Rask (2009-06-17 to 2009-06-18)