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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7K81:022
(Legacy ID: _id) ed24a0676b0eb46af88496e1421bab97
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-e3fadeccd46ee617f618c6038bdfa76f
Square 7K81
Code 022
Designation Brick destruction debris
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1987
End season 1994
Start date 1987-07-29
Bottom separation Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Covers entire square except for NE corner above Wall 32 (N end) & flagstone Pavement 26; covers S part of Walls 32 & 30, compacted L 33 & Cobble Surf 36; runs up to N face of Wall 34, W face of Wall 35, & W face of Wall 32
Reason Lots of tumbled burned bricks
End date 1994-07-22
Supervisor C. Draper
Function Mudbrick destruction debris; tumbled bricks & stone
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Iron 1
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1996EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1987EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1994EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1994EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1994EarthSuppData4Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1994EarthSuppData1Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1996EarthSuppDataFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1987EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1994EarthSuppData2Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1994EarthSuppData1Back
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1996EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81022-1994EarthSuppData3Front
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 2.5YR 5/6
Texture Loam-Silty Loam
Hardness Hard
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Crumbly
Compression Degree 2 Very
Compression Description 2 Rubbly
Wetness Degree Moderately
Wetness Description Dry
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Pottery Frequent
Flint (Count) 15
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 5.0
Width 4.0
Lower Depth 1.89999998
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Brick color range: 2.5YR 5/6 (red), 2.5YR 6/6 (light red), 5YR 5/6 (yellowish red), 7.5YR 7/2 (pinkish grey), 10YR 8/2 (white); collapsed, burned & unburned mudbrick superstructure & tumbled stones from walls; heavy concentrations of roofing plaster in center & piled in E portion where crashed against Wall 32; some pleces showed roof beam impressions; some mudbricks preserved intact 40 x 60 x 13 cm including one portion horizontally stacked 7 bricks deep (on its side) at Loca 7; some stones badly calcinated with roof plaster & sherds stick to them, others shattered by heat; this is the layer containing in its lower levels heavy concentrations of smashed pithoi--especially in L 7, 13, 19, 15, 21, & 16; much lesser concentrations of pottery in N; includes vessels smashed on compacted layer above room surface & those fallen from roof above; burn layers at the bottom of the locus
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-7K81-022 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 7K81". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ed24a067-6b0e-b46a-f884-96e1421bab97> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2ff46j28

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