Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Locus ID | B7J89:029 |
(Legacy ID: _id) | 31fb08ca48794905ac1767659c661af7 |
(Legacy ID: _rev) | 15-10d9d29c00a20f306817a35d5c700023 |
Square | 7J89 |
Code | 029 |
Designation | Destruction debris E of Wall 11 |
Field | B |
Locus type | Earth |
Area | B |
Start season | 1992 |
End season | 1992 |
Start date | 1992-06-29 |
Bottom separation | Very Clear |
Created at | 2010-07-05 |
Top separation | Clear |
Updated at | 2010-07-31 |
Stratigraphy remarks | Covered most of square, running up to Walls 22, 27, 9, 11 ( covered S part of Wall 11); over L 30 & loci E of Wall 11; contains collapse from Walls 11, 27, & 37 into room E of broadroom atop cobble Surf 36, Standing Stone 38, & Altar 39; also represents debris atop Wall 37 |
Reason | Begin excavation |
End date | 1992-07-20 |
Supervisor | C. Draper |
Function | Destruction debris of tumble stones and some mudbrick from superstructure of Walls 9, 11 & 27; seeds seem deposited at random; contains burned beams from higher collapse atop vessels smashed on cobble floor; seeds dumped from storage vessels; contains caches of carbonized barley; collared pithos base had barley |
Architecture | 0 |
State | Approved |
Balk | East |
Stratigraphic relations |
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Clean locus | False |
Age (period) | Early Iron 1 |
Drawn balks |
Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Munsell # | 10YR 6/2 |
Texture | Sandy Clay Loam-Silty Clay Loam |
Hardness | Somewhat loose |
Compression Degree 1 | Very |
Compression Description 1 | Firm |
Wetness Degree | Very |
Wetness Description | Dry |
Structure | Random |
Soil Distribution | Random |
Pottery | Rare |
Glass (Count) | 0 |
Tesserae (Count) | 0 |
Tabun Fragment (Count) | 0 |
Brick Fragment (Count) | 25 |
Roof Tile (Count) | 0 |
Worked Stone (Count) | 0 |
Burnt Stone (Count) | 25 |
Architectural Number (Count) | 0 |
Architectural Distribution | Random |
Bones | Rare |
Length | 5.0 |
Width | 5.0 |
Lower Depth | 0.25999999 |
Upper Depth | 0.790000021 |
Direction | 280.0 |
Slope | 6.0 |
Earth Remarks | Top 2-3 cm poss interseasonal erosion debris in places; some ashy pockets; many cobble to small boulder-sized stones from wall tumble; some stones from Wall 11 showed signs of intense heating, with shattering; much burned & crumbled brick in S 2 m from fallen superstructures; large whole or partially preserved bricks E of Wall 11 with 4 vertical rows in E balk; charred wheat & barley in ashy pocket at Loca 29; bricks smaller & very crumbly W of Wall 11; pithos at Loca 27; W of Wall 11, extending N about 2 m from S balk, was also much mudbrick debris of somewhat smaller, very crumbly brick; E of Wall 11 destruction debris covered entire square; in broadroom, debris was separated also into L 30; removed pocket of carbonized seed in center; burned and toppled brick; layers of carbonized wood/ash - probably 3-4 layers separated by mudbrick detritis atop layer of broken pottery atop Pavement 36; very rubbly in parts, but compact detritis in other areas; carbonized seed in pithos base in 7K80 which trails off into this locus; Standing Stone 38 was exposed early in U89 |
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Suggested Citation
Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus B-7J89-029 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 7J89". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/31fb08ca-4879-4905-ac17-67659c661af7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k23x8q40c
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