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Overlies More of the south access road fill.
Stage Description Collapse, fill and overburden of the South Corridor.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Size 21.80 m east west length-by-6.90 m north south width.
Description To the exterior of the South Exterior Wall in the south to the bedrock escarpment of Trench 77. This deposit was part of the road access outside and to the south of the South Corridor Wall. The soil generally averaged a light reddish brown, or Munsell 5YR6/6.
Top (m) Opening elevation: - 0.70 m below Sub Datum R or 909.21 m in elevation.
Phase
Phase Description
Stage Stage 4
Combined with Trench 77, Loci 11, 12, and 23.
Location In the very south of the Petra Great Temple—south escarpment of the Temple Precinct.
Definition Fill and Debris, Exterior to the South Corridor Wall System
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: -1.70 m below Sub Datum R or 908.21 m in elevation.
Underlies Trench 77 Loci 11-12.
Abuts Trench 77, Locus 23.
Bonds to None.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 34 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Special Project 72". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/76d90b41-7422-43bd-0ffb-e12797f4f76e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k23f4vn0d

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