Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6180

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6180
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Dumped fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1103
Context:		6180
Page:		0
Date:		2009/04/28
Lot:		Lot 2009-023
Stratum:		30% inclusions - various sized pieces of tile, medium and small ceramic fragments, flat rounded platy fragments, medium and coarse angular and spherical pebbles, some bone
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the W. The soil color is light greyish brown. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is very poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		Context 6180 was opened because a distinct cut (6199) was encountered along its N side as contexts 6141, 6105 and 6058 were removed. There was additionally a change in the soil color and composition. The soil of 6180 was a fill of variously sized tile pieces, bits of pottery and cobbles, particularly concentrated over its E and W thirds, with the central third containing more dirt and fewer tiles/sherds/cobbles. When removed, another cut was discovered. This cut (6199) is slightly south of the cut encountered previously (that led to the opening of 6180) and curves further to the southwest. The soil color changes at and below this new cut, warranting the closing of context 6180. Along the eastern third of 6180, context 6184 was opened.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. triangular rim amphora (1100-1260), plate. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww incised (700-1120), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 rim. ; Coarseware. basin. 1 rim. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. ; Fineware. pre-Medieval8 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. amphora. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		13 frag(s) 0.25 kg. (31% saved) fineware.
		248 frag(s) 5.4 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		14 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass clear BS 3; mini handle 1; shell murex 2; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 8 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 complete example(s). 1 other misc. bone(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 fragment(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- vertebrae of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Byzantine
Chronology:		early 12th c.
Grid:		281.5-277.2E, 1028.75-1030N
XMin:		277.2
XMax:		281.5
YMin:		1028.75
YMax:		1030
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.8-85.06m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Martin Wells, Katie Rask, Dreya Mihaloew (2009-05-18 to 2009-05-19)