Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6909

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6909
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Leveling Fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1104
Context:		6909
Page:		0
Date:		2010/05/12
Stratum:		15% inclusions: tile, pottery, pebbles, boulders (subrounded and tabular), bone.
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the SW. The soil color is light greyish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:		6909 was opened after excavation of 6905 reached that context's bottom. 6909 was excavated to help determine the relationship of the fills in the southern part of the room NW of the courtyard to the room itself. Excavation proceeded: a significant amount of bone came out of this context, which constrasted sharply with 6905, which yielded no bone. 6909 was closed when a layer of earth with more boulder inclusions was revealed at the west end of this context, abutting walls 5725, 5742, and 6905. This may be from a collapst of one of the walls, maybe 5742. However, we are ceasing excavation of the fills in this room to continue excavation of the fill inside 6991, as it was determined that enough room was freed up to comfortably pursue excavation and not have any contamination in the pithos fill. It should also be noted that the fills in the room NW of the courtyard of the Byzantine house, excavated 12-13 May 2010 (6898, 6902, 6905, 6909) are earlier than the fill in pithos 6991. 6909 may be a levelling fill in the room NW of the courtyard, but there is no evidence of a floor.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. 10 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 rim. ; Fineware. 20 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora. 29 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)3 rims. ; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		32 frag(s) 0.08 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		622 frag(s) 8.1 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		143 frag(s) 1.22 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		shell murex 1, unid 2; lead sheet cross with bosses at center, midway down the arms, and 2 at the ends, l. 0.18m, 1 (2 fragments); bronze sheet, folded 1; glass clear BS 2; Bone, polished 1; iron lump 1, sheet 1, nail head 2; glass clear light green bs 1, clear light blue base (projection in center) 1, clear yellow neck of small bottle 1, clear colorless bs 2, clear yellow bs 1, clear green thickened rim of bowl rim 2; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 8 example(s).; Bone- distal radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 15 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metacarpal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 4 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 8 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal femur of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 8 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s).
Period:		Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:		10th century NPD
Grid:		264.4-261E, 1035.1-1036.8N
XMin:		261
XMax:		264.4
YMin:		1035.1
YMax:		1036.8
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.04-84.32m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Dominic Galante, Christina Trego (2010-05-03 to 2010-05-21)