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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K42:049
(Legacy ID: _id) ffd44b41a141a4a70ee6f8ab214583a4
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-108ad95b1b03c174aee36b5438b54c37
Square 7K42
Code 049
Designation Exposure surface under L 43, E of Wall 36
Field A
Locus type Earth
Area A
Start season 1992
End season 1992
Start date 1992-07-08
Bottom separation Arbitrary
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Arbitrary
Updated at 2010-07-31
Reason We had gone down ca 10 cm
End date 1992-07-09
Supervisor D. Herr
Function Exposure surface
Sample reason Geologist
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 50
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42049-1992EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42049-1992EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 5/4
Texture Sandy Clay Loam-Silty Clay Loam
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
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
Length 5.0
Width 2.0
Lower Depth 0.119999997
Upper Depth 0.0900000036
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Sim to 43; seems browner near the bottom but will probably bleach out to gray when it's exposed to the air & sun; still charcoal and nari flakes in the matrix; somewhat looser along Wall 36; hole (doesn't seem llike rodent) at Loca 16 (.06 X .12 m); slants to the E; quite soft (2) at Loca 35
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus A-7K42-049 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K42". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ffd44b41-a141-a4a7-0ee6-f8ab214583a4> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2377sc3h

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