Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 43

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 43
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Pit fill, fifth stratum from top
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1100
Context:		43
Page:		0
Date:		2007/04/25
Stratum:		Inclusions 20-30%: ceramic (pottery and tile), bone, roots, stones (cobbles to medium pebbles, angular to rounded), shells, carbon frags.
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. Bottom slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		Slope degree (cont.): Bottom: The degree of the slope is uneven because the hard patches of soil at the N. end of the pit are higher than the rest of the bottom surface of B43. Otherwise, the slope is level. Edge (cont.): The edge dips a bit at the N. end of the pit due to digging to define two harder patches of soil. The harder patches of soil are higher, and thus the edge is broken. EXCAVATION NOTES: Basket changed to B43 when black ash of B41 ceased. Soil is soft to dig. B43 lies to the W. of the hard ridge of soil along the E. side of the pit that also lay under B41. Cut of pit convex, at least in the N. end. In the N. end of the pit, below where the cut convex, there is another harder patch of soil, rounded and protruding (as if from side of the pit). There is also a lower patch of harder soil as well, to the E., as if the patches were two steps. Basket ended, perhaps somewhat arbitrarily, because the boundary with the hard ridge is getting harder to define as the excavation continues downward. We will go ahead and remove the hard ridge as a new basket (B46). We will then be able to examine the entire pit cut.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. ww slipped (700-1120)2 rims. ; Fineware. other glazed20 bodysherds. ; Fineware. rouletted ware, bowl. 1 rim. ; Cooking ware. ww, kettle. 3 handles. ; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260)2 rims. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325); Fineware. ww plain (700-1120)1 handle. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. glaze painted no overglaze; Fineware. canakkale1 rim. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100)1 handle. 4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. glaze painted1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325)1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. pre-medieval18 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. ww, mug. 1 handle. ; Fineware. archaic maiolica, slipped (1270-1325)1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		66 frag(s) 0.6 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		746 frag(s) 10.34 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		206 frag(s) 1.97 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		bronze plate(?) or shield(?) with folded over rim restored Diam. 0.024 rim 1 bs 1; bronze finger ring inner Diam. ca. 0.015 W. of hoop 0.004 bezel missing (cf. MF-7727) 1; iron tack complete L. 0.037 1; glass clear blueish bs 1, clear light green bs 1; bone unid ca. 50; gray marble cut into circle Diam. 0.019 Th. 0.011 stopper(?) 1 (saved to lot); iron flat quadrant broken off circle Diam 0.070 1; glass clear colorless (cf. MF-12069) rim 1; bone pin p.L. 0.035 shaft broken globular head with projecting band separating it from shaft (cf. MF-2337 for shape) 1; iron nail incomplete square shank 1
Period:		Turkish II (1715-1831 AD)
Chronology:		NPD
Grid:		268.4-266.4E, 1005.96-1008.08N
XMin:		266.4
XMax:		268.4
YMin:		1005.96
YMax:		1008.08
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.22-86.99m.
Is Above:		71
Is Below:		41
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lydia Herring, Josh Langseth, Kris Lorenzo (2007-04-09 to 2007-05-18) Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lydia Herring, Josh Langseth, Kris Lorenzo (2007-04-09 to 2007-04-27) Coin: 2007 62 Coin: 2007 63 Coin: 2007 64