Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 227

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 227
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Levelling fill above ashy layer
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1100
Context:		227
Page:		0
Date:		2007/06/08
Stratum:		Inclusions: 30% smaller cobbles, 10% pebbles, less than 5% large cobbles
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the N. Bottom slope of the context is slight. The soil color is light brownish red. The soil compaction is hard. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		B 227 is the removal of a silty and rocky area of soil directly below B 188 and around B 226. It sits in a depression in the field and I believe it may be a deeper layer of the material we excavated in B 188. On the southern edge of this we are encountering a hard, more rocky layer of soil which we are leaving in place to be dug as a separate basket. Much like in B 188, we are not pulling up a substantial amoung of pottery. The black soil exposed by this basket in the north runs under the large clay patches to the east. The rocky layers left intact in the south are most likely more of this wash. Moreover, there is noe to the east and one to the west of this basket and they may represent the same soil and the center was washed out even lower. Finds: bone, pottery, glass, bronze, iron ring
Context Pottery:		Fineware. aegean sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), plate. 1 rim. ; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. measles, slipped slip painted sgraffito (1140-1160), bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), cup. ; Fineware. glaze painted III, slipped (1160-1200), bowl. 2 rims. 2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 3 rims. 5 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), chafing dish. 1 rim. ; Fineware. light on dark I, slip painted (1100-1125), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)2 rims. ; Fineware. early incised, bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. spiral style glazed painted, slipped (1120-1140)3 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. hole mouthed, stewpot. 1 rim. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. light on dark II, slip painted (1160-1200), bowl. 2 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)4 rims.
Pottery Summary:		49 frag(s) 0.67 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		395 frag(s) 7.88 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		51 frag(s) 0.93 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		bronze earring frags 2 (similar to Corinth XII no. 2007, pl. 108); bronze shaft fragment max. p. L 0.032 1; glass clear green bs 1 rim 1; glass clear white bs 3 rim 1; bone bos third phalange 1 astragalus 1; bone ovis mandible 7; bone sus mandible 1 maxilla 1 canine 1
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		mid 13th century
Grid:		273.9-271.2E, 1002-1007.2N
XMin:		271.2
XMax:		273.9
YMin:		1002
YMax:		1007.2
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.9-87.03m.
Is Below:		188
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lina Kokkinou and Angela Ziskowski (2007-05-21 to 2007-06-09) Coin: 2007 478