Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 515

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 515
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Pit
Title:		Pit fill, 1st from top
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1103
Context:		515
Page:		0
Date:		2009/05/08
Lot:		Lot 2009-060
Stratum:		60% medium-large subangular pebbles, tiles, cobbles, pottery
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark yellowish grey. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		Pit fil deposit context 515 is the excavation of the the first fill from the top of the pit cut 517. This pit is located in the room bounded by the walls 313 to the east and 332 to the west. Pit fill 515 was truncated by, and therefore predates the pit cut 513. Context 515 is the remaining fill at the south side of pit cut 517. It is possible that the pit fill 515 and redeposited mudbrick pit fill 514 are differentiated fills of one large pit or fills of 2 larger pits both trunctaed by the later pit cut 513. The excavation of pit fill 515 exposed a harder deposit below with boulders and broken tiles. Some of the tile fragments are lying flat marking the change between the deposits and that the pit was filled with a at least two differentiated fills. We closed context 515 at this change and will proceed with the excavation of the second fro the top pit fill (context 516). Later notes, 18 May 2009, SD/JC After further excavation it became clear that context 514 (mudbrick deposit) is not associated with pit ut 517, but is instead the first from top fill of pit cut 527.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. pitcher. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. basin. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. folded rim, stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. coarse incised, slipped style V (1200-1220), basin. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. lid. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 12th4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premed9 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		16 frag(s) 0.06 kg. (19% saved) fineware.
		154 frag(s) 1.06 kg. (3% saved) coarseware.
		42 frag(s) 0.28 kg. (2% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; iron nail 1, lump 1; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 complete example(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- vertebrae of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		late 13th C
Grid:		265.6-263.67E, 1001.98-1003.6N
XMin:		263.67
XMax:		265.6
YMin:		1001.98
YMax:		1003.6
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.59-86.8m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Stella Diakou and Jody Cundy (2009-05-19 to 2009-05-20)