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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID F6L98:056
(Legacy ID: _id) 1cf6a3c4ed80adfe2ac80d17c8e42da7
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-6515551b67b554f98e683fcf11278645
Square 6L98
Code 056
Designation Beaten-earth surface
Field F
Locus type Earth
Area F
Start season 1989
End season 1989
Start date 1989-07-12
Bottom separation Arbitrary
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Average
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Later than Wall 44
Reason Harder
End date 1989-07-20
Supervisor B. Gamble
Function Occupational exposure surface
Sample reason Org cont?
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98056-1989EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98056-1989EarthSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98056-1989EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/4
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Moderately
Wetness Description Moist
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Pottery Rare
Glass (Count) 0
Tesserae (Count) 0
Tabun Fragment (Count) 0
Brick Fragment (Count) 0
Roof Tile (Count) 0
Worked Stone (Count) 0
Burnt Stone (Count) 0
Architectural Number (Count) 0
Architectural Distribution Random
Bones Rare
Length 4.19999981
Width 3.0999999
Lower Depth 0.189999998
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Areas of mudbrick enriched soil, plaster-like installations & ash; in Loca 29, a small bowl-shaped hearth-like structure in which sherds of large storejar were found; sherds, bones, pottery & rock show signs of fire; high concentration of sherds & bones E of hearth-like area; mudbrick frags tagged for location & sent to geology
Stratigraphic Remarks May not seal against 44.
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus F-6L98-056 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field F/Square 6L98". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/1cf6a3c4-ed80-adfe-2ac8-0d17c8e42da7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k25434s33

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