Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Koutsongila Stratum B1
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Type
Deposit or Stratum
Description
Gradual natural accumulation of sediment that contains residual earlier material and material representing activity in area or nearby during Byzantine to Post-Byzantine era.
Published as
Rife2022a
, p. 146
Chronology comment
Early/Middle Byzantine-Early Modern, with little Greek and much Roman residue.
Explanation of deposition
Byzantine-Post-Byzantine colluvium.
Location in unit
Widespread colluvium over Building B1 on southeast slope.
Soil matrix
Brown (10YR 4/3), moderately compact, fine silty sand, with many small pebbles to gravel (1-5 cm range).
Stratigraphic associations
TRB0702-001/TRB0702-002
Linked to
Locus TRB0701-002