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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K51:010
(Legacy ID: _id) 7e08368baed45880e25e2ab9e1dc8513
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-0ee5b14ae05d733401c37ed7b3559c2d
Square 7K51
Code 010
Designation Debris layer
Field A
Locus type Earth
Area A
Start season 1984
End season 1984
Start date 1984-07-06
Bottom separation Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Abruptly ended by a clear line of red clay; above is a layer that is much softer, ashy, darker colored soil that extended deeper in the SE corner; under this layer the compact clay was again found so that 10=9 only when it slopes downward ito the E
Reason Different texture & consistence
End date 1984-07-10
Supervisor M. Seratore
Function Poss surface or tumble from a roof or floor above
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 10,9,3,7
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus True
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: A7K51010-1984EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K51010-1984EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/4
Texture Clay
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Dry
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Glass (Count) 0
Tesserae (Count) 0
Tabun Fragment (Count) 2
Brick Fragment (Count) 0
Roof Tile (Count) 0
Worked Stone (Count) 0
Burnt Stone (Count) 0
Architectural Number (Count) 0
Architectural Distribution Random
Bones Rare
Length 0.980000019
Width 0.870000005
Lower Depth 0.860000014
Upper Depth 0.50999999
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Seems to be fallen compacted surface material; it's concentrated in one area; SW corner has caused the assignment of this new locus (may have been encircled in stone, possibly an oven; ash was found most concentrated here; frequent bones, but rare pottery; this locus absorbs Surf 9
Surface Material Beaten Earth
Surface Material (Note) Beaten Earth
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K51-010 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K51". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/7e08368b-aed4-5880-e25e-2ab9e1dc8513> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2z89nz3b

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