Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Combined with | Locus 23 and other areas of burning. |
Description | There is a 1.25 m depth of black soil up against the Locus 35 middle Cryptoporticus Wall of piers. This Munsell 10YR3/2 very dark gray deposit can be noted in the north balk as being 0.79 m in thickness. See section drawing. |
Stage | Stage 4 |
Phase Description | Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c.... |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: In the northeast - 0.93m below Sub datum Point G, or 896.21 m; in the center west 1.70 m below Sub datum Point K or 895.41 m. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: In the northeast + 0.17 m in the central west above Sub datum 71 Point K, or 897.28 m; + 0.31 above Sub datum Point K, or 897.419 m. |
Bonds to | None |
Location | In the northwest sector of Trench 71 extending to the west. |
Stage Description | Second reuse. Evidence of industrial activity including burning and later architectural installations. |
Phase | X |
Size | 6.36 m north south-by-5.40 m (including the entrance area of the arch piers). |
Abuts | The piers of the Cryptoporticus and north south Walls, Loci 33 and 35. |
Definition | Burned fill in the most northwest of Trench 71 |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 28 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 71". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8dd580f0-e813-4cd6-c4ce-13c2355a084e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k24x5d001
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