| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Locus ID | B7J89:030 |
| (Legacy ID: _id) | 31fb08ca48794905ac1767659c842b7f |
| (Legacy ID: _rev) | 15-594e40bf90888c097316d397bc1ccd31 |
| Square | 7J89 |
| Code | 030 |
| Designation | Destruction layer |
| Field | B |
| Locus type | Earth |
| Area | B |
| Start season | 1989 |
| End season | 1989 |
| Start date | 1989-07-03 |
| Bottom separation | Very Unclear |
| Created at | 2010-07-05 |
| Top separation | Clear |
| Updated at | 2010-07-31 |
| Stratigraphy remarks | Covers square W of Wall 11 running up to Walls 22, 9, 11, 27 and filling broadroom of EIR1 House A; also covered Platform 32 |
| Reason | Change in texture & color; more clay than L 29 |
| End date | 1989-07-19 |
| Supervisor | C. Draper |
| Function | Destruction debris with burned brick & stone tumble from walls; poss also material from collapse of roof including vessels which may have rested on the roof |
| Sample reason | Ashy mtrl |
| Architecture | 0 |
| State | Approved |
| Stratigraphic relations |
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| Clean locus | False |
| Age (period) | Early Iron 1 |
| Drawn balks | South |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Munsell # | 10YR 4/2 |
| Texture | Sandy Clay Loam-Silty Clay Loam |
| Hardness | Hard |
| Compression Degree 1 | Moderately |
| Compression Description 1 | Crumbly |
| Wetness Degree | Somewhat |
| Wetness Description | Moist |
| Structure | Random |
| Soil Distribution | Random |
| Pottery | Rare |
| Flint (Count) | 2 |
| Glass (Count) | 0 |
| Tesserae (Count) | 0 |
| Tabun Fragment (Count) | 0 |
| Brick Fragment (Count) | 0 |
| Roof Tile (Count) | 0 |
| Worked Stone (Count) | 1 |
| Burnt Stone (Count) | 0 |
| Architectural Number (Count) | 0 |
| Architectural Distribution | Random |
| Bones | Rare |
| Length | 5.0 |
| Width | 2.38000011 |
| Lower Depth | 0.280000001 |
| Upper Depth | 0.340000004 |
| Direction | 0.0 |
| Slope | 0.0 |
| Earth Remarks | Color also ranges up to 10YR 6/2 - light yellowish brown; ash & charcoal heavy by Wall 11; burned wood along Wall 11 at Loca 16 taken for C14 & species testing; many ashy pockets; bits of carbonized wood 2 m from N balk; collared pithoi 1 & 2 in situ at Loca 9 along Wall 9; cobble to boulder -sized stone tumble mixed with patches of hard clay-like soil, loose silt, ash pockets, & bricky debris; Pithoi 3 & 4 in S part of room at Loca 26 & 27 not in situ; flat lying stones in SW corner are top of Platform 32; objects not in situ, mainly from grinding operations; a very few IR2 sherds are prob intrusive |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Suggested Citation
Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus B-7J89-030 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-ac17-67659c842b7f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pr87b8p
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