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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID F6L98:026
(Legacy ID: _id) 45c4d642a94ea24711d729515c3cd5a5
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-18d686ac0819dd005146877d1adb6177
Square 6L98
Code 026
Designation Beaten-earth surface under L 18
Field F
Locus type Earth
Area F
Start season 1987
End season 1989
Start date 1987-07-20
Bottom separation Average
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Arbitrary
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Under Wall 14; cut by rodent hole Pit 38
Reason To account for soil under Wall 14
End date 1989-06-29
Supervisor D. Herr
Function Patchy colluvium before terracing began
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98026-1989EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98026-1989EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98026-1987EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98026-1987EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/3
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Somewhat loose
Compression Degree 1 Somewhat
Compression Description 1 Crumbly
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Dry
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Flint (Count) 7
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
Length 4.0
Width 3.0
Lower Depth 0.129999995
Upper Depth 0.150000006
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Top & bottom levels not taken in same places because by the time we reached the bottom, our arms weren't long enough to reach the end of the tape measure & we hadn't thought of taking a secondary level; bottom level may not be end of locus, but is where excavation stopped
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus F-6L98-026 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/45c4d642-a94e-a247-11d7-29515c3cd5a5> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k21j9tr2m

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