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Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Phase Description
Phase
Stage Description Fill layers and ash deposition from later use.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 900.316 m asl at north, 900.216 m asl at south.
Stage Stage 8
Description Very dark, grayish brown soil of Munsell 10YR 3/2, sooty and fine. Very fine, ashy layer. Recovered pottery, glass, stone, stucco and a large amount of roof tiles, with a lesser number of canalization tiles. Hundreds of roof tiles were recovered exclusively in this ash layer. Some were burned, but most were intact and not exposed to flame.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 899.916 m asl at northwest, 899.786 m asl at northeast, 899.936 m asl at center, 900.096 m asl at south.
Definition Very dark, grayish brown soil.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 8 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 31 and Special Project 41". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/7015017b-faea-4a92-a28d-abcae87a200b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2sf2vn1b

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