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Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Top (m) Opening elevation: 899.566 m asl.
Definition Light brown soil.
Phase XI
Stage Description Destruction and abandonment. Deposition of later collapse material and the accumulation of topsoil.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 899.106 m asl.
Description Light brown soil of Munsell 7.5YR 6/4, under plaster layers. Some plaster has fallen into it from the Locus 15 wall (the side of the platform). Recovered pottery, glass and stucco, but nothing in significant quantities.
Phase Description Phase XI: Further collapse post- CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of CE 512. Major collapses...
Stage Stage 6
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 26 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/abe5e235-14ad-4dac-c5ff-e5c671ef277b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pk0gt26

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