Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Location | In the west of Trench 71 the continuation of fill found in Trench 31 excavated in 1996. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Stage Description | Deposits from the agricultural use of the area by Bedouin farmers. |
Phase | XIV |
Overlies | Unknown. |
Underlies | Topsoil. |
Size | 2.50 mby-1.36 m-by-1.25 m in depth. |
Phase Description | Phase XIV: Modern period marked by Bedouin activity and the accumulation of recent debris. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: From Sub datum E, - 0.45 m, or 899.71 m. |
Definition | Earth between walls of Loci 22 and 23 Feeding Chamber |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: - 1.25 m from Sub datum 71 E, or 898.91 m. |
Combined with | None. |
Bonds to | None. |
Stage | Stage 6 |
Description | This locus rests between two walls Loci 21 and 22. It is a deposit that is light reddish brown Munsell 5YR6/4 in color. Many roof tiles were associated with this deposit which may have been part of a feeding chamber for whatever firing was going on to the east of the Locus 21 Wall. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 20 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 71". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/fcd26090-84d9-46dc-8c5c-3a3bd701c73a> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2fb5514f
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