Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Top (m)	Opening Elevation: A – 1.85 m.
Location	The south end of the West Walkway, where the West Temenos Retaining Wall meets the West Walkway.
Abuts	None.
Overlies	Unknown.
Phase	I
Underlies	Locus 1.
Definition	Rubble/Ashlar Fill Building Up Temenos Platform
Description	Locus 3 is the terracing that builds up the Temenos Platform. It is composed of rough hewn boulders, ashlars, and some rubble (particularly where the West Temenos Retaining Wall bonds with the Temenos Platform). The rubble/ashlar fill is composed of a mix of sand stone and limestone set in a dirt matrix.
Size	3.30 m north south-by-3.63 m east west with an extension to the south along the West Walkway Wall (Locus 6) measuring 0.90 m east west-by-1.10 m north south.
Stage	Stage 1
Stage Description	Initial construction of Temenos Platform.
Bonds to	Loci 4, 5, 7.
Phase Description	Phase I: Preparation: 1st c. BCE subterranean canalization is installed and the bedrock leveled with a coarse yellow soil.
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: Unknown.