Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 818

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 818
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Soil under doorjamb stone 574
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1106
Context:		818
Page:		0
Date:		2012/05/14
Lot:		Lot 2012-024
Stratum:		Inclusions: lime, rocks, pottery, bones, clay
Description:		The soil color is dark brownish black. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		This soft black soil sat immediately underneath the redeposited doorjam in the NE portion of the area. This fill is founded by Wall 540 on the E, and the cut measured as 816 on the W. This soft black fill contains a lot of roots. It is bounded on the N and S by areas of harded-packed red fill. This deposit contained scattered lime deposits and was significantly darker once the soft light topsoil was removed. Near wall 540, 818 seems to come down on a reddish fill of tile. Foreman Thanasis suggested that this might be the remnant of a robbed out E-W wall, however, 818 goes further deep to the west. The soil also appears to be a mix of red and black at this level, but compaction and consistency are the same. The reddish layer may indicate the bottom of 818. In fact, the reddish layer seems to immediately overlay a large rectangular stone, at a lower level than the reddish tile layer noted above, but possibly a continuation of the same E-W wall. When 818 was completely removed, it became clear that it did indeed overlay an E-W wall. This wall seems cut by wall 540.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), cup. (saved to lot) .purple filler; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)5 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pedestal bowl. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval9 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. kettle. 7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), cup. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. inturned. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .folded rim; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), cup. 1 rim. 2 handles. (saved to lot) .groove green handle; Plainware.
Pottery Summary:		25 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (64% saved) fineware.
		355 frag(s) 8.36 kg. (3% saved) coarseware.
		106 frag(s) 1.69 kg. (8% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron, slag, 1; iron, nail, round, 1; plaster, painted, white, traces of blue and red, 1; bronze, half ring, Diam. 0.02; stone, marble, disk, round, flat, Diam. 0.03, D. 0.01, white, grey streaks, stopper (saved to lot); iron, nail, head, round, 1; glass, clear, lamp, handle, blue 1, green, 1, possibly MF 1997 007, as MF81-50 (saved to lot)
Period:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		early 12th C
Grid:		263.62-261.07E, 1014.34-1015.13N
XMin:		261.07
XMax:		263.62
YMin:		1014.34
YMax:		1015.13
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.5-86.52m.