Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6829

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6829
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Fill over Drain
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1104
Context:		6829
Page:		0
Date:		2010/05/04
Stratum:		20% inclusions with cobble stones, pebbles and some tile.
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:		6829 is a fill deposit up against wall 10086 to the west. It overlies standing standing roudh hewn boulders and architechtural blocks on the north side of the drain. 6788 techincally overlies 8.29 but the two are the same soil. 6829 is being excavated because it was left over from the previous session. We closed the context when we came down on more boulders.6829 is equal to 6788.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. ; Fineware. 10 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. bowl. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		10 frag(s) 0.02 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		48 frag(s) 0.69 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		14 frag(s) 0.08 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		shell unid 1; bronze lump 1; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Early Byzantine (610-802 AD)
Chronology:		8th c.
Grid:		281.53-280.86E, 1029.57-1030.41N
XMin:		280.86
XMax:		281.53
YMin:		1029.57
YMax:		1030.41
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		83.6-83.77m.