Locus: F6L98:026 Supervisor: D. Herr
Locus type: Earth
Designation: Beaten-earth surface under L 18
Start date: 20 Jul, 1987
End date: 29 Jun, 1989
Rationale
Reason: To account for soil under Wall 14
Top separation: Arbitrary / Bottom separation: Average

Interpretation:
Function: Patchy colluvium before terracing began
Stratigraphy remarks: Under Wall 14; cut by rodent hole Pit 38
Locus Date: Late Iron 2/Persian

Draw Balks: SE

Description

Munsel:
Verbal: Pale brown
Number: 10YR 6/3

Texture:
Loam-Silt loam
Particle Shape:
A: 0
As: 50
Sr: 50
R: 0

Consistence:
Hardness: S. Loose
Compactness: somewhat. Crumbly
Wetness: somewhat. Dry
Structure: Random

Measurements:
Length: 4.0
Width: 3.0
Lower Depth: 0.13
Upper Depth: 0.15
Direction: 0
Slope: 0


Inclusions:
Pebbles: 480.0
Cobbles: 4.0
Boulders: 1.0
Stone Distribution: Random

Artifact Inclusions:
Flint: 7.0
Artifact Distribution: Random

Remarks: Top & bottom levels not taken in same places because by the time we reached the bottom, our arms weren't long enough to reach the end of the tape measure & we hadn't thought of taking a secondary level; bottom level may not be end of locus, but is where excavation stopped


Levels

location top level bottom level
22 no level 907.17
23 907.31 no level
26 no level 907.23
29 no level 907.16
34 907.20 no level
location grid
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36



Stratigraphy

type description related locus
Under Earth layer F6L98:018
Under Wall F6L98:014
Under Surface F6L98:036
Over Surface F6L98:039
Equals Surface F6L98:039
Seals against Wall F6L98:046
Cut by Pit F6L98:038



Photos - Slideshow

Https%3a%2f%2fplacehold 87B072104
Progress
21 Jul, 1987
Https%3a%2f%2fplacehold 87B072004
Progress
20 Jul, 1987
Https%3a%2f%2fplacehold 87B072805
Progress
28 Jul, 1987
Https%3a%2f%2fplacehold 87B072304
Progress
23 Jul, 1987
Https%3a%2f%2fplacehold 892F98005
Progress
13 Jul, 1989

Pottery Readings

date pail baskets publish diagnostics total count location comments
27 Jul, 1987 130 26 0 26 196
diagnostic date form
Late Iron 2 2 Pithoi, 1 Jug, 1 Krater, 4 Bowls
Iron 2 1 Jug, 1 Bowl
Middle Bronze 1 Jar
date pail baskets publish diagnostics total count location comments
27 Jul, 1987 131 25 0 24 98
diagnostic date form
Late Iron 2 1 Jug, 1 Krater, 4 Bowls
Iron 2 1 Bowl
date pail baskets publish diagnostics total count location comments
28 Jul, 1987 132 13 0 7 107
diagnostic date form
Late Iron 2 2 Kraters, 1 Lamp, 2 Bowls
date pail baskets publish diagnostics total count location comments
28 Jun, 1989 176 17 0 28 366
date pail baskets publish diagnostics total count location comments
28 Jun, 1989 177 11 0 11 94
date pail baskets publish diagnostics total count location comments
29 Jun, 1989 180 10 0 18 102

Objects

There are no objects for this locus