Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6613

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6613
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		soft fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1103
Context:		6613
Page:		0
Date:		2009/06/08
Stratum:		2%: large angular stones, ceramics, pebbles
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the E. The soil color is dark pinkish brown. The soil compaction is weakly cemented. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		When we finished excavating context 6589, we had reached a) the flat, hard surface cut by the foundation trench for wall section 5519/6572 to the west, going as far as foundations 6575; and 2) a soft fill with tiles that seemed to be overlying a continuation of that surface. Since we would like to know the extent of the foundation trench cut before we expose it, we will continue with the soft fill 6613. We hypothesize that this is debris or levelling fill used as a floor patch, and supporting this is the fact that small boulders were removed from in front (i.e., to the south of) the foundations as part of this context; also removed was a small jug, which was from the upper portion of the fill rather than from directly above the new surface beneath. Again, this proved not to be the case; the excavation of the soft soil did yield more of the harder surface exposed after 6589, but it also yielded a very soft, ashy fill near foundations 6575- and no foundation trench cut. The ashy fill did appear to be overlying and not cutting a harder surface beneath; and perhaps it's the same hard surface revealed by the excavation of 6613 and 6589; we're going to excavate the ashy fill in hopes of clarifying the foundation trench line, as we've been doing thus far. POST-EXCAVATION NOTE, 15-06-09, S.L.: Contexts 6663 and 6649, at least one of which underlies this context, were found to contain two joining coarse incised ware body fragments of the Frankish period, dating to the mid-13th century. These sherds will stratigraphically change the dates of every context that lies above them by as much as two centuries, of which this context is one. Until it is decided whether there is some other reason that this discrepancy might have occurred (e.g., these contexts need to be situated in a different place on the Harris Matrix), the dates will remain as they have been assigned on the basis of pottery/stratigraphy prior to discovering this discrepancy.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), unid. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval36 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		35 frag(s) 0.05 kg. (3% saved) fineware.
		325 frag(s) 4.11 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		35 frag(s) 0.11 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass clear dark green thin-walled cup rim 1; clear bluish thin-walled bs1; clear bluish cup or beaker base 1; clear greenish bottle (from neck) bs 1; Bone- 6 of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; clear yellowish pushed-in ring base as MF-12700; slate, polished 1 (saved to lot); iron nail square shaft round head 1; clear colorless cup or beaker base 1; glass waster 1; clear bluish thick-walled Th. 0.003 bs 1; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- femur of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- innominate of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 fragment(s). ; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of B. taurus (Cattle) - 3 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). 2 complete example(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 example(s).; Bone- rib of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibiotarsus of Aves, lg (Bird - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, caudal of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, cervical of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, cervical of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 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:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		12th century npd
Grid:		270.74-268.01E, 1024.57-1027.22N
XMin:		268.01
XMax:		270.74
YMin:		1024.57
YMax:		1027.22
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.27-84.36m.
References:		Coin: 2009 192 Coin: 2009 194