Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6797

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6797
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Rubble Fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1104
Context:		6797
Page:		0
Date:		2010/04/21
Stratum:		10% inclusions: small rocks, tile, pottery, bone
Description:		Top slope of the context is uneven. The soil color is light reddish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is coarse sand.
Notes:		Context 6797 is a stratum of rubble and fill in the SE corner of the area, in the corner between EW wall 5562 and NS wall 6789 (early phase of NS wall 5394). The soil is loose and reddish-brown in color. Excavating 6797 has revealed a stone feature, possibly a wall or two abutting walls. Part of the feature appears to be an E-W wall, similar to EW wall 6764 (this is possibly a Western continuation?). The Western part of the feature might be part of the EW wall or might represent a NS partition wall. We are also taking a small pass in the SW corner of the area in order to clarify the stones and fill there. This cleaning pass has revealed several more stones, roughly oriented EW -- possibly a further continuation of an EW wall, or possibly wall fall associated with NS wall 5561. If the stone feature uncovered in the SE corner is a Western continuation of EW wall 6764, then the wall was possibly robbed out in the area between (i.e., where NS wall 5394 ran). We are taking cleaning passes on the NS wall 5561 and just to the West of this wall in order to see if there is any further evidence of an EW wall continuing to the West. The cleaning passes revealed no such continuation. We will excavate the clayey lump to the North of 6797 next to see if it helps clarify the situation (= context 6801).
Context Pottery:		Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. premedieval3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. glaze painted I, slipped (1110-1130), bowl. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		6 frag(s) 0.03 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		78 frag(s) 0.87 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		45 frag(s) 0.25 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		0; iron lump 2; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- horncore of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Teleostei (Fish - Bony) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 15 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 9 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 10 example(s).
Period:		Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:		early 12th c.
Grid:		273.71-272.43E, 1040.18-1040.73N
XMin:		272.43
XMax:		273.71
YMin:		1040.18
YMax:		1040.73
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.34-84.48m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Paga, Jessica (2010-04-07 to 2010-04-23)