Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 1077

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 1077
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Removal of the fill of Hearth 1065
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1107
Context:		1077
Page:		0
Date:		2013/04/16
Stratum:		50% inclusions; tile, shell, ceramic sherds, bone
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the NW. The soil color is dark greyish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is moderately sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		This context is the removal of fill inside the hearth 1065. The fill is very small and included only a few sherds and tile. No charcoal was visible, but we decided to water sieve its contents in its entirety nonetheless, in the hopes of finding evidence of the use of the hearth through any surviving carbonized seeds and other material. We came down upon a layer of flat, large tiles laid out horizontally, which created a level bottom surface of the hearth. Only the tiles in the center show evidence of burning. The average size of tile fragments removed with this fill is max. 0.16x0.11 m. We stopped excavating upon reaching the flat tiles. The hearth itself will be removed in a separate context.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. Gaza1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:		8 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
Context Artifacts:		lamp, imitation attic, bs 1; shell, callista, 4
Period:		Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:		late 5th-early 6th c. CE, NPD
Grid:		262.06-261.56E, 1011.82-1012.17N
XMin:		261.56
XMax:		262.06
YMin:		1011.82
YMax:		1012.17
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.77-85.89m.
References:		Coin: 2013 143