| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Locus ID | B7K80:003 |
| (Legacy ID: _id) | 7934e8527f8e67ec9b5f85834028a622 |
| (Legacy ID: _rev) | 15-a39669a6af17f6d9ac5110ce0fc2b15f |
| Square | 7K80 |
| Code | 003 |
| Designation | Huge curvilinear pit with lots of pottery & objects |
| Field | B |
| Locus type | Earth |
| Area | B |
| Start season | 1987 |
| End season | 1987 |
| Start date | 1987-06-29 |
| Bottom separation | Very Clear |
| Created at | 2010-07-05 |
| Top separation | Clear |
| Updated at | 2010-08-05 |
| Stratigraphy remarks | Fill in a large trench or pit which cut a swath around the ritual pool & cut off Walls 7 & 25; seems more likely to postdate the ritual pool |
| Reason | Much more stoney & loose |
| End date | 1987-07-28 |
| Supervisor | G. Geraty |
| Function | Pit with tumble fill, perhaps to accomodate the ritual pool; lots of pottery, food preparation items & bone in upper portion suggesting trash heap |
| Architecture | 0 |
| State | Approved |
| Stratigraphic relations |
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| Clean locus | False |
| Sample remarks | Sulphur color |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Munsell # | 10YR 4/4 |
| Texture | Loam-Silty Loam |
| Hardness | Somewhat loose |
| Compression Degree 1 | Very |
| Compression Description 1 | Crumbly |
| Wetness Degree | Moderately |
| Wetness Description | Dry |
| Structure | Random |
| Soil Distribution | Random |
| Flint (Count) | 735 |
| Glass (Count) | 1 |
| Tesserae (Count) | 1 |
| Tabun Fragment (Count) | 0 |
| Brick Fragment (Count) | 20 |
| Roof Tile (Count) | 0 |
| Worked Stone (Count) | 31 |
| Burnt Stone (Count) | 0 |
| Architectural Number (Count) | 0 |
| Architectural Distribution | Random |
| Bones | Frequent |
| Length | 5.0 |
| Width | 5.0 |
| Lower Depth | 0.360000014 |
| Upper Depth | 1.65999997 |
| Direction | 0.0 |
| Slope | 0.0 |
| Earth Remarks | Rocks being removed appear to be tumble; in Loca 10, 11, 16, 17 are more than usual amount of bone along with pottery of large jars; also quite a bit of flint; in Loca 10 near large grinder with handle was found a large amount of small gravel (2 mm-1 cm & 1-3 cm); carnelian or amber stone that beads were maybe carved out of; a seal is thought to be wood?, hole in top, triangular shaped; stamped jar handle was found in Loca 16; in Loca 20 is an ashy lens 10YR 3/3 & hard packed sub-layer extends W to balk in a S direction; two burned bone frags; 2 pithoi found in Loca 24; 3 sandstone frags found inside--one rectangular, one prism, one square (rect. sent in for soil sample to see what coats it); Levels of Pot #1 or 2 are top 913.4, bottom 912.66 |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Suggested Citation
Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus B-7K80-003 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 7K80". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/7934e852-7f8e-67ec-9b5f-85834028a622> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k22j6vn0w
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