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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B8K11:023
(Legacy ID: _id) 661c2710a176c196ae103d0f37c124c7
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-4de766853e5570bf674a5687a02b851d
Square 8K11
Code 023
Designation Rubble destruction layer in LB room with cultic niche
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 2004
End season 2006
Start date 2004-07-19
Bottom separation Arbitrary
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Arbitrary
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Earlier than L 20; later than LB walls
Reason Excavate around and below Surf 20
End date 2006-07-26
Supervisor J. Worthington
Function Destruction debris in LB room with niche; much bioturbation that brought contam from LIR2/P
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Sample remarks Purple sandstone
Age (period) Late Bronze
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2004Pottery2Back
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2006EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2006EarthSuppData1Back
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2006Pottery1Front
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2004Pottery1Back
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2004Pottery2Front
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2006EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2006Pottery1Back
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2004EarthSuppData1Front
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2004EarthSuppData1Back
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2006Pottery2Front
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2004EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2004Pottery1Front
L. Sh. Scan: B8K11023-2004EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 4/3
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 Random
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 5.19999981
Width 3.5
Lower Depth 0.620000005
Upper Depth 1.20000005
Direction 345.0
Slope 6.0
Earth Remarks Prob mud wall plaster found near a rock; many tumbled brick frags; one is 56 x 37 x 16 (Photo 04B11247); texture for brick is 2, all 25%; color for mortar is 10YR 6/3, pale brown; color for brick is 10yr 7/4, very pale brown; level of brick (bottom) 910.14; Another brick was 56 x 39 x 16 & same color & texture as previous brick; level was 910.15; includes L 19 from U04; saved body sherds that were 3, 4, or 5 sided; took levels at bottom of 2nd peel across N balk, Loca 2: 910.14, Loca 3: 910.15, Loca 5: 910.09; in S part removed the locus to the ending 2004 level in N
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-8K11-023 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 8K11". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/661c2710-a176-c196-ae10-3d0f37c124c7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k29c7cm9t

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