Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Abuts	Locus 21.
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 904.903 m.
Size	0.85 m north south-by-1.23 m east west.
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 903.043 m.
Combined with	Loci 21, 18, 19, and 23.
Phase Description	Phase Pre-Site Phase I: Pre-Site Phase I
Stage	Stage 3
Overlies	Loci 18, 19 and 23
Description	The early fieldstone wall lies almost directly underneath Locus 12 or the sub floor of the Cavea or the floor for the distyle in antis structure. The wall is at a level where it cannot be associated with the distyle in antis temple and is significantly lower than this construction (Pronaos height: 905.346, lowest depth reached on distyle in antis foundation wall: 904.907 m.). However, the construction is at the same relative depth as the stuccoed platform found in the Pronaos (903.640 m) and may be associated with this feature. The wall is a dry laid construction consisting of tightly laid fieldstones in approximately 12 courses although the stones are not regularly laid. The average visible face of the stone is about 0.34 m in length. It appears that the wall is composed of slabs of stone rather than small stones. The hypothesis would require the dismantlement of the Cavea wall that rests on top of the sub floor that is directly above the top of this locus. The cavea wall is set back 0.26 m from the face of the wall. The wall’s east and south faces are bonded and appear to be on the same orientation as the stuccoed platform in the pronaos. Stucco (Locus 21) still adheres in places on the east wall. Based on the tightly formed corner and decoration, I believe that an interior of a room is represented. The wall construction technique is unlike any other technique or wall that is present at the Great Temple complex. Further, the construction technique of the wall is unlike any other construction in Petra besides a small wall located at the Chapel of Obodas.[1] This wall’s construction is nothing like the description Parr gives of early Nabataean construction but also does not follow the ashlar masonry technique of early 1st century BCE.[2] Material remains including coarse ware ceramics and bone were removed during the cleaning of the wall. These remains were consistent with the typology removed from the intentional fill. The plain ware ceramic inclusions removed from the wall may be a result of the tightly packed fill and only give a terminus post quem for the filling of the structure and its use not its construction.
Stage Description	Construction of the fieldstone wall.
Underlies	Loci 12 and 13.
Location	The north and east balk of the Trench.
Phase	Pre-Site Phase I
Bonds to	None.
Preserved Height	1.86 m.
Definition	Early Fieldstone Wall
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Architectural