Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 553
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 553
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   Fill below floor
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1103
Context:   553
Page:   0
Date:   2009/05/26
Stratum:   45% inclusions; small-medium pebbles, cobbles
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is very dark reddish black. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   Fill deposit 553 is one of two lenses of fill revealed by the removal of the clayey floor 551, which abutted both structure 452 and wall 332. The removal of the deposit revealed further tile stringer courses and a lower elevation of wall 332 and another lower course of structure 452.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. premedieval 2; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), rim. 1 rim. ; Fineware. medallions, slipped style III (1170-1200), plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. late champs levee fine, slipped style VI (1200-1225), plate. 1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:   5 frag(s) 0.17 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    18 frag(s) 0.14 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    10 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; glass clear colorless bs 1, yellowish bs 2; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 16 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 complete example(s). ; Bone- rib of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 7 example(s).
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   first half 13th
Grid:   263.57-262.82E, 1005.43-1006.07N
XMin:   262.82
XMax:   263.57
YMin:   1005.43
YMax:   1006.07
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   86.87-86.98m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Jody Cundy and Dina Boero (2009-06-19 to 2009-06-20)