Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Top (m) | Opening levels: 879.95 m at sw. |
Description | Localized ash layer/lens, 5Y2.5/1 (black), directly underlying the gray mortar layer, in the south and the southwest corner of the trench within the exedra apse. It is packed high and thick against the architecture, sloping upward from north to south. It is not found elsewhere in the trench. This layer represents a localized burning; it is too small and free of debris to be associated with industrial activity or a destruction layer. |
Bottom (m) | Closing levels: 879.75 m at sw. |
Definition | Ash layer. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Stage | Stage 2 |
Phase | VIII |
Stage Description | Abandonment and collection of early clean debris. |
Phase Description | Phase VIII: Brief (?) period of abandonment marked by a thin layer of (largely) chocolate brown clean soil. ... |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 18 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 52". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/73c3eae1-1785-43c8-8991-ba039e1f16d7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2kw5gt3r
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