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Description A yellowish brown sand (Munsell 10 YR 5/6) which is loose coarse and doesn’t ball that is composed of many small stones from the Wadi. Whether there is another layer of human activity directly underneath this or not cannot be determined but given the height of the deposit relative to the Wadi bed, it is unlikely that this is a deposit brought by flooding.
Stage Description Construction of early platform.
Overlies Unknown.
Phase Description Phase Pre-Site Phase I: Pre-Site Phase I
Definition Wadi Fill South of Locus 15 —Early Platform/Wall
Preserved Height Unknown.
Underlies Loci 18 and 19.
Stage Stage 1
Combined with Loci 18,19 24.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: Unknown.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 902.137 m.
Phase Pre-Site Phase I
Size 0.66 m north south-by- 3.84 m.
Location In between Locus 26 and Locus 15.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 20 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Special Project 107". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/7084f5e1-8992-4e3d-a4a8-b13bcb1b8461> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k22f7tq54

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