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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID H7K31:018
(Legacy ID: _id) 8c770f83ca04b90c9fa8dc85488d661d
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-01d221d1ddee7c8f2193d4a171bb0341
Square 7K31
Code 018
Designation Debris layer
Field H
Locus type Earth
Area H
Start season 2002
End season 2002
Start date 2002-06-25
Bottom separation Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Could not distinguish from L 23 below; before Surfs 3 & 4
Reason Renew excavation
End date 2002-07-02
Supervisor D. Holloway
Function Fill layer to prepare for Plaster/Cobble Surfaces 3 & 4
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: H7K31018-2002EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K31018-2002PotteryBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K31018-2002EarthSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K31018-2002PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K31018-2002EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 4/4
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Moderately
Wetness Description Dry
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Pottery Rare
Flint (Count) [Note] Rare
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
Architectural Distribution Random
Bones Rare
Length 4.32000017
Width 2.4000001
Lower Depth 0.200000003
Upper Depth 0.270000011
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Hard, bricky material; occasional ash pockets & bricks; plaster frag in SW corner at 912.64 ca .78 m long x .35 m wide and .03-.05 m thick in Loca 31; ash was predominate in SE corner near Loca 35; must be contam from pitting as evidenced in Balk stub of 7K21; many sherds were extremely worn
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus H-7K31-018 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field H/Square 7K31". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8c770f83-ca04-b90c-9fa8-dc85488d661d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2bv7xg5v

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