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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID C8L82:005
(Legacy ID: _id) 0a063fb33190c66155d3ffa34151664a
(Legacy ID: _rev) 17-a3ec9e49fa5e7603d3d2815c6a3693ea
Square 8L82
Code 005
Designation E-W terrace wall
Field C
Locus type Architecture
Area C
Start season 1984
End season 1987
Start date 1984-07-12
Bottom separation Unclear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks E part of wall was dated to Iron I; W phase was LB
Reason Stones in a line
End date 1987-07-30
Supervisor R. Davidson
Function Terrace wall built against earlier layers & upon bedrock; served perhaps to level an area for occupational Surf 3 & later Surf 6; poss used to improve bedrock terrace (re: 8L62, 8L63, 8L64, 8L72, 8L73), or to hold back earth for living space; Wall 13 is earlier than Wall 5; inhabitants threw ashes over wall onto present Surf 11
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 6, Final
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: C8L82005-1987ArchcitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: C8L82005-1987ArchitectureSuppDataFront
L. Sh. Scan: C8L82005-1984ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: C8L82005-1987ArchitectureSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: C8L82005-1987ArchcitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: C8L82005-1984ArchitectureFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone Quality Hard
Limestone (%) 80.0
Chert Quality None
Chert (%) 20.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick (%) 0.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 50.0
Wall Small Boulders 50.0
Wall Medium Boulders 0.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 90.0
Chink Cobble 10.0
Chink (%) 0.0
Fill Cobble 90.0
Fill Small Boulders 10.0
Fill Medium Boulders 0.0
Fill Large Boulders 0.0
Fill Very Large Boulders 0.0
Brick Lower Length 0.0
Brick Upper Length 0.0
Brick Lower Width 0.0
Brick Upper Width 0.0
Brick Lower Depth 0.0
Brick Upper Depth 0.0
Unhewn 70
Semi-Hewn 25
Dressed 5.0
Ashlar 0.0
Bossed 0.0
Tool Lower Width 0
Tool Lower Length 0
Tool Upper Width 0
Sketch False
Photo False
Dry Laid 100.0
Clay 0.0
Mud 0.0
Cement 0.0
Plaster 0.0
Lime 0.0
Average Thickness 0.0
Facing Unfaced
Course Lower 8.0
Course Upper 0.0
Course Random 1.0
Row Lower 2.0
Row Upper 3.0
Measured Length 4.4000001
Measured Lower Width 0.800000012
Measured Upper Width 1.0
Measured Lower Height 1.29999995
Measured Upper Height 1.5
Orientation 276.0
Dip 5.0
Preservation Partial Superstructure: Most
Lean Direction 25.0
Lean Degrees 0.0
Top Found 891.380005
Remarks Leaning because it is appartently a terrace wall with only one face; removed 1/2 of "less" well-dressed wall; then its 2nd half to better dressed part; on July 28 most removed; lowest courses may be on bedrock; incompletely excavated
Stratigraphic Remarks Wall 5 may be sealed against/built against bedrock, not reached at end of season.
Construction Style Rubble
Construction Style (Note) Rubble-filled
Construction Support Battered
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus C-8L82-005 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field C/Square 8L82". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/0a063fb3-3190-c661-55d3-ffa34151664a> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2zs35x11

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