Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 6102
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 6102
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   Leveling fill
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1103
Context:   6102
Page:   0
Date:   2009/04/14
Stratum:   Inclusions: 5% subangular pebbles-cobbles
Description:   The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is well sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:   This context is a reddish brown fill reaching a wall exposed under 6101 to the S. This soil runs N-S aligned with wall 10095, but extends E and W of wall 10095 by 15 cm on either side. To the E of this context is a harr patch of grayish brown soil. This similar soil extends 20 cm N of the new wall exposed under 6101, though in this area it is softer than to the E.
Context Pottery:   Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww slip painted (700-1120), plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. ww, kettle. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:   3 frag(s) 0.02 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    63 frag(s) 0.91 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    17 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   shell murex 1; Iron slag 1; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- femur of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   late 11th, early 12th npd
Grid:   279.74-278.9E, 1031.38-1032.02N
XMin:   278.9
XMax:   279.74
YMin:   1031.38
YMax:   1032.02
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.92-85.1m.