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Bottom (m) Closing levels: 911.251 m in southwest.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Underlies Nothing.
Phase
Phase Description
Description This is an overburden layer of Light Brown (Munsell 7.5 YR 6/4), coarse, loose, sandy soil. It includes the area to the south of Locus 26. (This area was subsequently absorbed by the excavations of Trench 77.) The locus extended 4.70 m west of Locus 26, above the South Corridor Wall of the Upper Temenos. The Locus measured 2.30 m in width. The soil contained some architectural stucco and ashlars.
Definition
  • Wall overburden
  • Wall Overburden
Stage Stage 8
Stage Description Secondary collapse from major seismic activity. Columns collapse.
Top (m) Opening levels: 911.541 m in northwest, 912.501 in southwest.
Combined with None.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 29 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 73". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9ff4e269-66c2-4ed0-6771-1f4055081076> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2dj5jd55

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