Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Description	Locus 31 is a mix of loci which were bulldozed in a 2.5 m (east-west)-x-4.5 m (north-south) addition to Trench 18 (north of the original trench boundaries and contiguous with the east boundary of Trench 39) and in the original western half of the southeast quadrant. It contains soils of Loci 1, 11, 12 and 17; artifactual material was saved despite the nature of excavation here.
Phase	XI XII X IX XIII
Phase Description	Phase X: Site abandonment after major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c. New... Phase IX: Major CE 363 earthquake leads to the collapse of large architectural features and the primary... Phase XII: Use levels, robbing and abandonments continue. Upper levels of fluvial wash are deposited. Rooms A and B are abandoned. Phase XIII: Major collapses continue into the Islamic period. Phase XI: Further collapse post-CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of 512. Fill accumulates...
Bottom (m)	Closing depth: 898.966 m at north.
Top (m)	Opening depth: 899.756 m at north.
Definition	Bulldozed fills.
Stage Description	Major destruction level marked by the accumulation of later fill following the disuse of the complex.
Stage	Stage 6