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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7J89:021
(Legacy ID: _id) f01715e93713cd8acf89e6cd976d479a
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-588a04bdc676d878285414f2b092d8a0
Square 7J89
Code 021
Designation Cobble and beaten-earth surface
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1984
End season 1984
Start date 1984-07-30
Bottom separation Very Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks May be bottom of L 7; overlay much of ash L 26 & therefore was used following that destruction
Reason Cobbles surface
End date 1984-07-31
Supervisor R. LaCom
Function Floor to courtyard room
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 9, 19, 20, 21, 22
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: B7J89021-1987EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7J89021-1984EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7J89021-1987EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7J89021-1984EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/4
Texture Loam-Silty Loam
Hardness Somewhat loose
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Friable
Wetness Degree Very
Wetness Description Dry
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Pottery Rare
Glass (Count) 0
Tesserae (Count) 0
Tabun Fragment (Count) 0
Brick Fragment (Count) 5
Roof Tile (Count) 0
Worked Stone (Count) 0
Burnt Stone (Count) 0
Architectural Number (Count) 0
Architectural Distribution Random
Bones Rare
Length 2.0
Width 1.0
Lower Depth 0.150000006
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 295.0
Slope 5.0
Earth Remarks Decayed limestone, 1 reused broken kern; unhewn stone; earth is hard packed & seems to blend into 21; beaten-earth surface including cobbles as part of the surface; there is a discrepancy between our level measurement readings for the cobblestones this season & the measurements of U84; included burnt mud brick & stone
Surface Material Cobbles
Surface Material (Note) Cobbles&beatn earth
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-7J89-021 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 7J89". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f01715e9-3713-cd8a-cf89-e6cd976d479a> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2qr5880h

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