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Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Definition Fill.
Phase
Stage Stage 3
Phase Description
Description Fill-debris inside the arched window in Wall Locus 42. The bottom half is densely-packed with large stones from the initial collapse of the Temple. Above this are small to medium stones. The top half is mostly sand, made up of numerous thin strata representing the numerous episodes of deposition post-dating the major collapse of the Temple. A small number of bone and potsherds were found in this locus, in addition to a single Cu/Br coin found high up in the sand lenses of the fill.
Stage Description Major collapse and subsequent abandonment and silting. Accumulation of fill over the lower levels of the temple interior.
Top (m) Top elevation: 909.256 m at center.
Size Measurement: 1.09 m in length (north-south), 0.68 m in width (east-west), 2.40 m in depth (height of window).
Bottom (m) Bottom elevation: 906.856 m at center.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 10 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 22 Part II". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/80f11f9e-b547-4851-cb67-77c38b29e9c8> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k29s1vg48

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