Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 306

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 306
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Destruction debris over floor
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1108
Context:		306
Date:		2014/05/15
Stratum:		Hue of soil ranges from yellowish to blackish in areas; inclusions of lots of tiles, stones (sub-rounded cobbles, angular square boulders), some pottery, and little bone/shell (approximately 25%)
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is very dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is very poorly sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:		We then begin to remove the layer of destruction debris comprised of tiles and stones that sits on the floor surface. We begin removing this debris with small picks from the area of the already exposied floor, around N1077.0 E111.6. We are taking care to remove only this layer and take care to notice any intervening deposits lying between it and the floor surface. The floor itself is rather clean. This might not actually be a tile fall destruction and may in fact be a dumped fill due to the varying sizes of tile fragments, the presence of inclusions of stones in the layer, the cleanliness of the floor, and the lack of preserved objects in the corners. There does appear to be traces of burning on the floor itself, however, as this is visible in the orange patches in the clay surface. One clipped coin was found at N1077.14 E111.28 H85.81 (2014-125), and two more clipped coins were found in the dry sieve (2014-126, 2014-127). A bronze buckle was also found in the dry sieve. Some pottery, bone, iron and glass was collected in this context.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. mid 13th century52 bodysherds. ; Fineware. 12th century4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slip and glaze painted, bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. glaze painted I, slipped (1110-1130), bowl. no overglaze; Fineware. maiolica arcaica pisana2 rims. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. late scraffito, plate. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. base and matt painted1 rim. ; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), bowl. green glazed; Coarseware. bowl. 1 bodysherd. matt painted; Fineware. veneto ware, bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 2 bodysherds. green glazed; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320)2 rims. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 rim. 1 handle. 2 bodysherds. matt painted; Fineware. Roman4 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. stamnos. 9 rims. 4 handles. 56 bodysherds. matt painted; Fineware. pre-Roman9 bodysherds. ; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 4 handles. 20 bodysherds. ivory/white glazed; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. 1 rim. 3 bodysherds. brown painted
Pottery Summary:		116 frag(s) 0.7 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		751 frag(s) 4.9 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		133 frag(s) 0.75 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass clear blue, truncated conical beaker with raised oval decoration, base, 1, as MF 1993-1; glass clear colorless, bs, 7, rim, 1; glass clear green, bs, 1, rim 1; glass clear blue, bs, 4, rim, 1, handle, 1; iron and bronze, buckle, 1; iron, nail round shank, 2; iron, nail square shank, 10, complete L: 0.061, 0.059, and 0.0475
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Grid:		112.11-106.72E, 1075.26-1078.27N
XMin:		106.72
XMax:		112.11
YMin:		1075.26
YMax:		1078.27
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.84-86.02m.
References:		Object: MF 2014 26 Coin: 2014 125 Coin: 2014 126 Coin: 2014 127