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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K42:005
(Legacy ID: _id) 5fe5d9d81a3b2d5c78186ed93fe94993
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-d8d7b839ec90144ee90d62f4aa67be15
Square 7K42
Code 005
Designation Deep topsoil
Field A
Locus type Earth
Area A
Start season 1989
End season 1989
Start date 1989-07-11
Bottom separation Average
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Average
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks This is the last phase of topsoil before Exposure Surf 6 and architecture
Reason Under rock tumble
End date 1989-08-02
Supervisor D. Herr
Function The nether regions of the topsoil
Sample reason Plaster?
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Sample remarks 7 radish seeds
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42005-1989EarthSuppData2Back
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42005-1989EarthSuppData4Back
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42005-1989EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42005-1989EarthSuppData1Back
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42005-1989EarthSuppData5Back
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42005-1989EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/4
Texture Sandy Clay Loam-Silty Clay Loam
Hardness Somewhat loose
Compression Degree 1 Somewhat
Compression Description 1 Crumbly
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Patterned
Flint (Count) 9
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 5.0
Width 5.0
Lower Depth 0.200000003
Upper Depth 0.449999988
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Top was clear but it was arbitrary under L 4; plaster chunk found in balk at Loca 19 where a wall may be appearing; many large jar pieces at Lloca 20 & 26; two fist-sized chunks of chert found along W balk; pattern for cobbles follows tumble of L 4; ash pocket at Loca 23; bottom seperability was clear when coming down onto wall but also stopped arbitrarily in SW corner; at juncture of Loca 15 and 21 were several tabun frags; many tabun frags also found at junction of 7K41:025 and 7K42:028
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K42-005 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K42". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/5fe5d9d8-1a3b-2d5c-7818-6ed93fe94993> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2f19cz4f

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