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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B8K00:007
(Legacy ID: _id) 8699d21a177ef885de2a51f127041608
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-592b20961bff10d766eed16f571269c1
Square 8K00
Code 007
Designation Debris between Walls 18, 5, 13, & 9
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1996
End season 1996
Start date 1996-07-04
Bottom separation Arbitrary
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Arbitrary
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks A pit in the E corner was filled with a lot of LIR2/P & EIR2 pottery sherds; this contaminated the readings untill it was recognized; see L 19 for a better idea (LB)
Reason Area isolated by walls
End date 1996-07-05
Supervisor K. Bramlett
Function Unburned destruction tumble from Wall 4 & perimeter wall when it was shaken down not long after construction (i.e. very new looking Walls 4 & 5; very slightly used cobble surface (over 18 & under 19)
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 4
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
L. Sh. Scan: B8K00007-1996EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K00007-1996EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/3
Texture Sandy Clay Loam-Silty Clay Loam
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) 0
Brick Fragment (Count) 0
Roof Tile (Count) 0
Worked Stone (Count) 0
Burnt Stone (Count) 0
Architectural Number (Count) 0
Bones Rare
Length 4.0
Width 1.60000002
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 10.0
Earth Remarks Top & bottom of are orbitrary in that the top lay with the top courses of Walls 5 & 9; the bottom called a new locus (19) to ensure that the whole area be uniformly the destruction debris of unburned brick
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-8K00-007 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 8K00". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8699d21a-177e-f885-de2a-51f127041608> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2474t936

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