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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID F6L98:003
(Legacy ID: _id) 6f3dc758c27bc9655efc43ff5e6c985e
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-871b05e08e763a0dcdbe246c8dff9760
Square 6L98
Code 003
Designation Exposure surface with Wall 4
Field F
Locus type Earth
Area F
Start season 1987
End season 1987
Start date 1987-06-29
Bottom separation Arbitrary
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Average
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Later than Walls 4, 14, & 46
Reason Different texture & color; flat lying sherds
End date 1987-07-13
Supervisor D. Herr
Function Exposure surface running up to Wall 4 or its tumble in SW part of square
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Sample remarks Strange inclusion
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98003-1987EarthSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98003-1987EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98003-1987EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/3
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Somewhat
Compression Description 1 Friable
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Dry
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Flint (Count) 33
Glass (Count) 0
Tesserae (Count) 0
Tabun Fragment (Count) 3
Brick Fragment (Count) 6
Roof Tile (Count) 0
Worked Stone (Count) 0
Burnt Stone (Count) 0
Architectural Number (Count) 0
Architectural Distribution Random
Bones Frequent
Length 3.0
Width 3.0
Lower Depth 0.519999981
Upper Depth 0.639999986
Direction 110.0
Slope 17.0
Earth Remarks Well-compacted along S balk & became more tenuous as it approached Wall 4; patches in W that lacked the surface had been under rocks of L 2; surface is very deep & reappears under the rubbly areas that had been under large rocks
Surface Material Beaten Earth
Surface Material (Note) Beaten Earth
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus F-6L98-003 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/6f3dc758-c27b-c965-5efc-43ff5e6c985e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2f76sr8k

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