Locus: F6L98:026
Supervisor:
D. Herr
Locus type: Earth
Designation: Beaten-earth surface under L 18
Locus type: Earth
Designation: Beaten-earth surface under L 18
Start date:
20 Jul, 1987
End date: 29 Jun, 1989
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
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
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
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 stoppedPebbles: 480.0
Cobbles: 4.0
Boulders: 1.0
Stone Distribution: Random
Artifact Inclusions:
Flint: 7.0
Artifact Distribution: Random
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
Pottery Readings
date | pail | baskets | publish | diagnostics | total count | location | comments | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 Jul, 1987 | 130 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 196 | ||||||||||
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date | pail | baskets | publish | diagnostics | total count | location | comments | |||||||
27 Jul, 1987 | 131 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 98 | ||||||||||
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date | pail | baskets | publish | diagnostics | total count | location | comments | |||||||
28 Jul, 1987 | 132 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 107 | ||||||||||
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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 |