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Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Underlies Nothing.
Phase
Phase Description
Definition
  • Wall overburden
  • Wall Overburden
Bottom (m) Closing levels: 905.754 m in northeast, 906.934 m in northwest.
Stage Stage 8
Stage Description Secondary collapse from major seismic activity. Columns collapse.
Top (m) Opening levels: 910.746 m at north, 911.546 m in southwest.
Description This overburden layer is Light Brown (Munsell 7.5 YR 6/4), coarse, loose, sandy, and includes the area adjacent to Locus 28. The soil contains small amounts of burnt residue, charcoal and pottery. Approximately 0.46 m below the surface, two bone deposits were uncovered. The soil contained column drums, as well as a medium amount of large hewn and unhewn stones.
Combined with None.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 26 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 73". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/387d7113-e787-42c2-4433-e262bba67bd2> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k28s4tm0j

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