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Underlies Locus 107, clay bedding.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Bottom (m) Founding elevation: 905.606 m.
Top (m) Top elevation: 905.696 m.
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs, including the addition of the Theater, intercolumnar...
Stage Description Temple second story constructed at the rear of the structure. Intercolumnar walls, staircases, Central Arch and East and West Vaulted Chambers built.
Description Locus 109 is a thin layer of yellow silty clay, Munsell 7.5YR 6/6. It is the second layer of pavement bedding over the original sandstone bedding. It is the same soil type used for the stair bedding which means that they could be connected. The layer is 0.09 m thick with no inclusions other than small plaster fragments.
Definition Pavement Bedding.
Phase V
Stage Stage 2
Relations Associated: Locus 107.
Overlies Locus 108, layer of sandstone pavement bedding.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 109 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 15 Part II". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/4d00af48-111c-4004-120c-a5c7c5d7e486> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k22j6j103

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