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Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Phase
Stage Stage 3
Phase Description
Definition Fill/debris.
Top (m) Top elevation: 909.436 m at southeast.
Size Measurements: 4.00 m (north-south)-x-3.50 m (east-west).
Description Fill/debris around Column Locus C5-C (Lee Column) and the associated section of the west Inter-Columnar Wall Locus 42. Fine, loose sand (Munsell 7.5YR 6/4) with various sizes of stone, including several large column drums found to the west of the Inter-Columnar Wall Locus 42. This locus was excavated in order to find the in situ column base of Column Locus C5-C (Lee Column) and to define the surrounding Inter-Columnar Wall.
Bottom (m) Bottom elevation: 908.866 m at center, 908.316 m at southwest, 908.996 m at southeast.
Stage Description Major collapse. Accumulation of fill over the lower levels of the temple interior.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 5 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 22 Part I". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9c6f6dfa-79fa-435a-202a-4a21e906bbe4> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pz59h4r

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