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Combined with Soil Loci 78 and 74.
Description Much of this Light Brown (Munsell 7.5 YR 6/4) soil locus was left unexcavated because of time constraints.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Top (m) Opening Depth: 905.818 m.
Bottom (m) Closing Depth: 905.398 m.
Size 4.65 m length-by-2.90 m width.
Overlies Unknown.
Underlies Soil Loci 78 and 74.
Stage Description Major destruction period.
Location in the north and center of the Residential Quarter.
Definition Room 6 combination of Soil Loci 78 and 74
Phase Description Phase IX: Major CE 363 earthquake leads to the collapse of large architectural features and the primary...
Stage Stage 7
Phase IX
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 79 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Trench 94". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9e5e09c4-43c5-4f80-492c-747456922292> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2mw2hz34

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