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Top (m) Opening depth: 900.376 m at northwest, 900.606 m at northeast.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Stage Description Evidence of industrial activity indicated by architectural features relating to the foundation and construction of a kiln.
Bottom (m) Closing depth: 900.356 m at center.
Phase Description Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c....
Definition Fill/sediment (A.G.R.).
Phase X
Description 10YR 6/4 light yellowish brown coarse, compacted, dry soil located directly over pavement Locus 50 and at a higher elevation in the east sector. It contains an ash lense, where pavers are missing along the west balk, and only a small amount of bone and pottery. It may have served to seal the level of pavement Locus 50, upon which the kiln foundations were constructed.
Stage Stage 3b
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 51 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 5 Part I". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/bc60b186-c004-4140-0a08-ceb96e2542c1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k27948q9g

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