| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
| Top (m) | Opening elevation: 899.796 m asl. |
| Description | Light brown soil of Munsell 7.5YR 6/3, sandy, rock-filled, containing plaster and stucco, probably from Loci 19 and 20 just below it (plaster layers). There is no tile and only one piece of pottery, unlike the massive amounts of tile found in the ashy layers. It is approximately located in the southwest 2.5 m-x-2 m of the area east of Locus 3. |
| Definition | Light brown soil. |
| Phase | XI |
| Stage Description | Destruction and abandonment. Deposition of later collapse material and the accumulation of topsoil. |
| Phase Description | Phase XI: Further collapse post- CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of CE 512. Major collapses... |
| Stage | Stage 6 |
| Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: 899.656 m asl. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 16 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/8ec8980d-9b24-4fae-800f-8fd1ac6cb6f2> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2js9s06b
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