Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6705

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6705
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Fill above Marble Floor
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1104
Context:		6705
Page:		0
Date:		2010/04/13
Lot:		Lot 2010-002
Stratum:		15% inclusions: tile, pottery, organic material, and some lenses of charcoal; semi-compact soil (more compact than 6703, the context directly above)
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light reddish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is coarse sand.
Notes:		Context 6705 is a somewhat-compact level of abandonment/fill directly above the marble tile floor. It is distinct from fill 6703 above it by being slightly more compact and by having pottery and tiles distributed horizontally on its surface. We decided to excavate it as a context distinct from 6703 for these reasons. Our working hypothesis is that 6705 represents the first stage of abandonment above the marble tile floor. The soil is reddish brown and has lots of material within it (15%) including tile, pottery, bone, glass, metal, fragments of the marble floor, some small charcoal lenses, and some small rocks (avg. ca. 6-10 cm.). Underneath 6705, we have uncovered more of the marble floor along the North-South wall 5677 and returning partially to the East. The marble floor is composed of white marble and blue schist tiles, arranged in an opus sectile quadriform pattern and in a lozange pattern. In a few places the tiles are missing, but we have found the concrete subfloor. We have also found traces of cement along the base of wall 5677, where the marble floor meets it. We were unable to find the marble floor along wall 5562 or in the Eastern area of 6705; either the floor has been robbed out or it does not continue to the East. We will change contexts in order to trace the concrete subfloor and determine the extent of the room.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. amphora. 4 rims. 60 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 3 rims. 1 handle. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 4 handles. 9 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. concave thickened rim stewpot (800-950)1 rim. ; Fineware. preroman4 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)3 rims. ; Fineware. measles, slipped slip painted sgraffito (1140-1160), cup. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. premedieval3 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		10 frag(s) 0.08 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		352 frag(s) 9.21 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		84 frag(s) 1.01 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass clear blue bs 5 colorless bs 2 olive green bottle base 1 green bs 2 yellow bottle infolded rim rim 1 blue goblet foot 2 similar to Corinth XII no 712 green bowl inturned rim rim 1; ceramic waster 1; bronze strip 2; shell unidentified 2; iron nail 7 max. H. 0.056 strip 2 buckle misshapen 1; lamp roman glazed bs 3; marble ionic column base partial 1; schist revetment 10; shell 1; marble revetment 11; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 14 example(s).; Bone- distal humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- horncore of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 7 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 15 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 4 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 26 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 16 example(s).
Period:		Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:		10th-11th c., npd
Grid:		265.31-262.37E, 1039.53-1042.09N
XMin:		262.37
XMax:		265.31
YMin:		1039.53
YMax:		1042.09
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.17-84.2m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Paga, Jessica (2010-04-07 to 2010-04-23)