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Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Stage Description Abandonment period.
Top (m) Opening elevation: Unknown.
Stage Stage 2
Description Locus 6 lies just above the pavers and the curbstones. It is a layer of compacted soil (10YR 4/4), which began as a mixture of Locus 4, a layer of rubble, and Locus 5, a thick mortar which surrounded the column. The color showed that it was a bit lighter than the color of the rubble layer, which is explained by the mortar in its decaying state. Therefore, we can explain why the top layer of this locus was very fine sand. Above Locus 6 (silty layer) and around the stylobate was a layer of plaster which was only concentrated in the west area of the trench. However, Locus 6 was not on top of the stylobate, so only part of Locus 5 (mortar) overlay Locus 6. The rest of Locus 6 underlay Locus 4, a layer of rubble (east of the stylobate), which suggests that after abandonment of the structure built in Stage 1, there was a wall constructed which was most probably Byzantine in date. The wall/platform was built above Locus 6, between two columns. Then a layer of plaster was put around the column and possibly the wall, judging from the amounts of plaster found near the wall, in order to make it look well-finished. Later, a large amount of mortar with pebble inclusions was put against the column in order to fortify it because the column was damaged or falling. Afterwards, there was destruction of some kind, judging from the rubble layer (Locus 4) and the fact that Locus 4 (silty layer) lay over Loci 5 (mortar) and 6 (silty layer or abandonment).
Phase Description Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c....
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 898.886 m.
Phase X
Definition Layer of debris suggesting abandonment
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 6 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Special Project 26". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/eda146cd-fb22-4721-a1f7-afbf101de1c8> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2br8w891

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