Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 629

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 629
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Soft fill in eastern half of trench
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		629
Date:		2015/04/27
Lot:		Lot 2015-026
Stratum:		Inclusions approx. 5-10%: pottery, bone, tile, brick (angular), occasional coarse and cobble stones (sub-rounded)
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the W. The soil color is light brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is moderately sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:		Coin (#34) Elevation: E: 125.323 N: 1077.077 Z: 84.505 Coin (#35) Elevation: E: 128.656 N: 1077.637 Z: 84.498 This context is the softer, looser fill in the eastern half and center of the trench, which seems to overlay a harder material to the N and SW. This harder material may meet up underneath 629. To the west lies another soft material, but is cleaner than where it meets the loose soil of 629. We have ome down upon a rocky, coccia pesto-like floor surface uner 629. The context has not been fully excavated by the end of the day END 2015/04/27 WAB The floor surface is mottled with flattened cobbles, tile, and brick. The stony, soft fill apparent in the middle of the trench at the beginning of excavation of this context extend all the way to the eastern baulk of the trench, just at a slightly lower level immediately above the floor surface . Thanassis claims that what we came down upon is NOT a floor, but all the inclusions look flattened to me. I will call it a surface for the time being. We finished removing the soft soil from this half of the trench. 02/06/2015 (L Kennedy): Animal bones: 2.19 kg, saved to Corinth Lot 2015-26. Not examined at this time
Context Pottery:		Fineware. light on dark IV, slip painted (1225-1260), bowl. 1 rim. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 6 rims. 16 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late champs levee fine, slipped style VI (1200-1225)1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Frankish9 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), goblet. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Frankish sgraffito, bowl. 2 rims. 9 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Medieval1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. pre-Roman10 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		72 frag(s) 2.06 kg. (69% saved) fineware.
		582 frag(s) 14.16 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		143 frag(s) 0.89 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass clear colorless BS 1; iron nail head 1; glass clear colorless neck BS 1; iron scrap 1; iron nail square shank 3; glass kiln lining 1 (saved to lot); iron strip 1
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		mid-13th c.
Grid:		129.55-124.4E, 1076.23-1078.56N
XMin:		124.4
XMax:		129.55
YMin:		1076.23
YMax:		1078.56
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.511-84.601m.
References:		Image: digital 2015 0472 Image: digital 2015 0473 Coin: 2015 34 Coin: 2015 36