Locus C.8L72.013

Earth · Fill below Surf 10

General Information

Locus Type Earth

Supervisor C. Peachey

Designation Fill below Surf 10

Reason Softer

Top Separation Clear

Bottom Separation Clear

Start Date 19 July, 1984

End Date 30 July, 1984

Interpretation

Function Seems to be a fill that either washed or was dumped into this area; it is not an ashy material with many organic remains, so would not have been a garbage dump (as is L 25); it may have been used as a fill to level the area for Surf 10, since much of the pottery was lying flat, & Surf 22 beneath it was very irregular & stony

Stratigraphy remarks Close to the ground surface, as are all of the occupation features in the S part of the square; but part of it is sealed under Surf 10 & L 11, making it clear that it is not topsoil or other contaminated erosional debris; it sealed against the later phase of Wall 7 & poss against Installation 15, so again, may have been levelling fill or buildup for surfaces used with Wall 7; it does not seal against the full length of Wall 7 but is disturbed at the W end by Wall 12 & Surf 21; Wall 12 is prob a later feature; but 13 appears to seal against Surf 21, thus post-dating it; it may be equal to L 17 which is also a soft, late-dating fill, but 17 may be a later disturbance since it appears at a higher level than does 13; it may also be equal to L 20, but here there is no clear continuity between the 2; so may simply be a pocket of topsoil

Balk —

Phase —

Stratum —

Earth Description

Color

Munsell Number:

10YR 5/3

Texture

Texture:

Sand clay loam-Silty clay loam

Particle Shape A %:

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Consistence

Hardness:

Loose

Compactness Description 1:

Loose

Compactness Degree 1:

very

Compactness Description 2:

Crumbly

Compactness Degree 2:

moderately

Wetness Description:

Dry

Wetness Degree:

moderately

Structure:

Random

Measurements

Length:

2.25

Width:

1.25

Upper Depth:

0.1

Lower Depth:

0.08

Downslope Direction:

349

Degree of Slope:

Surface Material

Surface Material:

Laminated Surface:

Stone Inclusions

Pebbles (2mm-6cm)/bskt:

1750

Cobbles (6 - 25cm)/bskt:

Boulders (25 cm+)/bskt:

Stone Distribution:

Random

Earth Inclusions

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Earth Distribution:

Random

Artifact Inclusions

Pottery Frequency:

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Tabun Fragments:

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Unfired Clay:

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Artifact Distribution:

Random

Organic Inclusions

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Distribution:

Random

Remarks

Remarks:

Very soft earth with a good deal of pottery, much of it lying flat just below & on the top; some of it was taken up with L 11

Levels

Location	Top Level	Bottom Level
27	893.06	0
33	893.1	893
34	893.06	892.97

Stratigraphy

Relationship	Related to	Related locus
Under	Earth layer	C8L72:004
Under	Earth layer	C8L72:011
Over	Earth layer	C8L72:022
Equals	Earth layer	C8L72:017
Equals	Earth layer	C8L72:020
Seals against	Wall	C8L72:007

Pails

Number

Date

Baskets

Total

Diagnostic

Published

19 July, 1984

Pottery Readings

Count	Form	Period
2	Jar	Early Bronze
1	Cup	Early Bronze
1	Cookpot	Early Bronze

20 July, 1984

24 July, 1984

Pottery Readings

Count	Quantity modifier	Form	Period	Period modifier	Question
1		Jar	Early Bronze
1		Cookpot	Early Bronze

26 July, 1984

30 July, 1984

Pottery Readings

Count	Quantity modifier	Form	Period	Period modifier	Question
1		Jar	Early Bronze
1		Cookpot	Early Bronze

Photos

Date	Photo Number	Subject
18 July, 1984	84C72303	Surf 10 & S balk
20 July, 1984	84C72342	Progress
23 July, 1984	84C72363	Progress
24 July, 1984	84C72388	Progress
19 July, 1984	84C72323	Progress
24 July, 1984	84C72390	Installation 15 & Surf 16
6 August, 1984	84C72724	Balk