Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 5824

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 5824
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		lower fill of foundation trench of E-W wall spur-
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1101
Context:		5824
Page:		0
Date:		2008/06/09
Stratum:		5% inclusions: medium angular pebbles, pottery, small and medium roots, 1 large boulder
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light greyish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is well sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		Part of this foundation trench was excavated by team blue at the beginning of the 2008 season; the uppermost part, including the top of the cut, was discovered in the 1960s. Consequently, all that there is left to dig is the bottommost level of fill within the cut, and all that we will be able to establish from the wall is a rough TPQ from the fill, and a stratigraphic relationship with the robbing trench of the N-S wall. After we establish the limits of the foundatino trench of this later wall spur, we will proceed to excavate the layer that it cuts-- a band of soil lying between the robbed out N-S wall (N. robbing trench = 5791, S. robbing trench has no # thus far), and the robbed out wall 5473. This strip of soil also overlies the interface between the robbing trench 5791 and the robbing trench of the E-W wall 5725 (continuation of 5551 that lies to the E). The bottom of the foundation trench was shallow, and it took that path that we expected-- it ran along the N side of the E-W wall spur 5443, and then also rounded its @ edge. This type of arcing cut is common with other walls within the courtyard. We uncovered cobbles of what appears to be an underlying wall section, too. This foundation trench is constructed directly on top of those earlier projecting rubble foundations.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 2 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100), stewpot. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 handle. ; Fineware. premedieval6 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. sloping rim stew pot, stewpot. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		9 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		92 frag(s) 0.9 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		15 frag(s) 0.14 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass clear greenish rim 2, bluish bs 1, greenish bs 1, colorless bs 3; bronze lump 1; glass tessera black 1; glass clear colorless thumb indented cup bs 1; iron nail round shank 1; stone tessera white 1; Bone- complete metacarpal of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- fragment cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- fragment rib of Ruminant, sm (Ruminant, sm) - 4 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) femur of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) vertebrae of Ruminant, sm (Ruminant, sm) - 2 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		12th century, NPD
Grid:		266.54-165.41E, 1033.28-1033.62N
XMin:		165.41
XMax:		266.54
YMin:		1033.28
YMax:		1033.62
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.57-84.79m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Sarah Lima (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) Coin: 2008 236