Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Stage Description	Construction of a floor for the distyle in antis temple.
Definition	Burned Soil possibly from minor catastrophic event.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Location	Throughout the Trench.
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 905.216 m.
Preserved Height	0.03 m.
Stage	Stage 5
Size	1.30 m north south-by-2.80 m east west.
Overlies	Locus 14.
Phase	II
Combined with	Locus 12.
Description	Prior to the floor / sub floor, which extends underneath the cavea there is evidence that the area was burned. Although the soil is the same consistency as the above, the localized burning was evident from the dark grayish brown soil color (10 YR 4/2), charcoal remains and burned ceramics. I think it is doubtful this is the remains of a cooking fire because of its consistency throughout the trench but may represent a minor damage and subsequent destructive fire. It may also be a construction technique for the placing of the plaster floor in order to seal the soil and create a strong sub-floor. Some coarse ware ceramics were recovered.
Underlies	Locus 12.
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 905.246 m.
Phase Description	Phase II: First period of major Nabataean construction at the Great Temple complex in the 1st c. BCE. The...