Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Underlies	None.
Top (m)	Top elevation: between 1.57 m (887.62 elevation) and 2.67 m (888.72 elevation) depth in the southeast, and 1.06 m depth in the southwest or an elevation of 887.11 m.
Phase	XI XII X IX XIII
Phase Description	Phase XII: Use levels, robbing and abandonments continue. Phase IX: Major CE 363 earthquake leads to the collapse of major temple architectural elements including... Phase XI: Further collapse post CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of CE 512. The east Porch columns and Central Arch collapse and fluvial deposits continue ... Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c, Upper... Phase XIII: Major collapses continue into the Islamic period.
Location	This is Part II soil and debris in between and covering the West Corridor Wall, West face and the Locus 3 ‘Byzantine’ Wall.
Combined with	Part I) Locus 1 and Part III) Locus 10.
Bottom (m)	Bottom elevation: 3.35 m in the northeast; 3.54 m in the northwest.
Definition	Earth and debris overburden of the West Walkway, Part II.
Stage Description	Earth overfill and accumulation of collapse and debris.
Description	There is little difference between the character of this soil and that of Locus 1, except it is a thicker deposit.
Stage	Stage 6
Abuts	Previously abutted the overburden of Trench 59, 1998 and Locus 1 to the north and Locus 10 to the south.