Item: Locus 11
Class: Locus
Number of Views: 5
Project: Petra Great Temple Excavations
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Description (16 properties)
| Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil | |
| Top (m) | Opening Depth: 907.342 m. | |
| Size | 4.5 m-by 3.67 m. | |
| Overlies | Soil Locus 21. | |
| Bottom (m) | Closing Depth: 905.952 m. | |
| Phase Description | Phase X: Site abandonment after major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c. New drainage systems are installed including that associated with the newly built west precinct wall. | |
| Location | In the trench east. | |
| Definition | Major Destruction in the Baroque Room | |
| Underlies | Soil Locus 5. | |
| Description | A Dark Reddish Brown soil (Munsell 7.5 YR 3/4) represents a deposit of major destruction in the Baroque Room consisting of ashlars that had fallen from Locus 4 south façade wall and Locus 8 west wall Shrine Room/ east wall Baroque Room. Besides 32 ashlars in various states of distress, Locus 11 was rich in a variety of stones and a plenitude of artifactual material. It seems the last vestiges of the Baroque Room stucco fell in this stage which accounts for the stucco finds in this stratigraphic layer. | |
| Phase Description | Phase IX: Major CE 363 earthquake leads to the collapse of large architectural features and the primary deposition of fluvial wash. Debris accumulates in the Shrine Room followed by major collapse. The West Walkway Wall collapses and the Residential Quarter is destroyed. | |
| Stage | Stage 7 | |
| Phase | X | |
| Stage Description | Major collapse and destruction in the Shrine and Baroque Rooms followed by further abandonment and accumulation of debris. | |
| Phase | IX | |
| Is Contiguous with | Is Soil Locus 10 in Shrine Room and Soil Locus 7 in the West Cistern |
Contents (24 items)
Arch. Frag. 9826 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9827 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9828 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9829 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9830 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9835 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9836 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9838 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9839 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9840 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9842 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9843 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9844 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9845 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9846 (Arch. Element)
Arch. Frag. 9854 (Arch. Element)
Seq. 89106 (Sequence)
Seq. 89124 (Sequence)
2-P-17(1070) (Small Find)
Seq. 89146 (Sequence)
Seq. 089??? (Sequence)
Seq. 89123 (Sequence)
Seq. 89104 (Sequence)
Seq. 89138 (Sequence)
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Suggested Citation:
Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Emma Susan Libonati. "Petra Great Temple Excavations: Locus 11 (Locus)" (Released 2007-11-12). Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed.) Open Context. <http://opencontext.org/subjects/CDCED450-C913-49F7-BD8E-34E51803C1D1>
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