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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B8K10:002
(Legacy ID: _id) 279792c5082ef8685055f813b5fc4f3a
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-a0849b30fea4377732ffa391dc097851
Square 8K10
Code 002
Designation Oroginal topsoil
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 2002
End season 2004
Start date 2002-06-25
Bottom separation Unclear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Later than Wall 3
Reason Change of color & consistency
End date 2004-07-30
Supervisor C. Waldron
Function Original topsoil
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 14
Balk East
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: B8K10002-2002EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B8K10002-2002PotteryBack
L. Sh. Scan: B8K10002-2004EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K10002-2004PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K10002-2002EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K10002-2002PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K10002-2004EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 5/4
Texture Sandy clay loam-Silty clay loam
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Patterned
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
Length 6.0
Width 6.0
Lower Depth 0.219999999
Upper Depth 0.400000006
Direction 340.0
Slope 14.0
Earth Remarks Stone inclusions were patterned because they fell from Wall 3; in U04 couldn't distinguish between L 2 & 4 so removed both as 2; also includes part of the N balk
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-8K10-002 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 8K10". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/279792c5-082e-f868-5055-f813b5fc4f3a> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2ht32w3m

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