Google Earth| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6570 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Title: | cleaning | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1103 | |
| Context: | 6570 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2009/06/03 | |
| Notes: | This cleaning basket is for the trash and erosional deposition north of our scarp at c. 1032 N. The prupose of this cleaning is to try to find the north edge of the northwestern pier foundation cut. The entire area bounded by walls 10095, w55, and w54 was cleaned of the backfill. The deepest part of the 60s trench was in the corner of 10095 and w55, where we reached the lowest point of the 1960s excavation at elev 83.21 m. Cleaning revealed an unnumbered N-S wall drawn by Travlos, just to the west of 10095. We will not number but will draw the structure. The cleaning also revealed that the N-S cut we were investigating DID continue on past the edge of the scarp into the 1960s trench. An E-W wall (or foundation rubble?) can be observed in the very northern extent of the sides of the cut. 19 June 2009: This area was originally exposed on May 26, 2009 by Berg (NB 229, see photo of intersection of W54 and W55: Vol 18, p. 35, 61-27-7). It began as a soft fill that was excavated to a hard level at 84.06. He speculated that the soft fill was W54/55's foundation trench (p.151). The hard soil was then excavated from W54 eastward to Berg's wall 33 (10094/10080). Berg originally drew 33 as extending from our room north beyond W55 (plan, p. 101); if the wall truly extended that far north than it's northern portion must have been removed by Berg. Unfortunately the end-of-excavation photographs do not clarify the matter, although they do seem to indicate that Berg excavated a N-S trench located over W55 that terminated in a large round pit to the north (see photos Vol 18, 1960 II, p. 36, 61-27-3). It is impossible to say much beyond that from the photographs. No mention is made in Berg's notebook of the wall we designate 10095. It is drawn on two of his plans, although it seems to be drawn in the wrong spot on his last plan (p. 157 and 188). The area of 6570 was excavated down "to levels of obviously Roman or Classical date" (p. 167) and presumably closed on May 30th, 1961. The pottery from Berg's exploration was saved as Lots 672, 673, 675. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. incised, unslipped (1000-1100), chafing dish. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. gunsenin III amphora (1200-1300)1 handle. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 4 frag(s) 0.04 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
| 19 frag(s) 0.72 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 83.21-84m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Martin Wells, Katie Rask (2009-06-17 to 2009-06-18) |
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