Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Description | Flat level of rocks, approximately two-thirds with flat horizontal surfaces and one-third ragged. Just below a large number of thick, large floor or hypocaust tiles and a few roof tiles. Could possibly have been an elevated floor which fell into the trench at this level. |
Phase | XI |
Stage Description | Destruction and abandonment. Deposition of later collapse material and the accumulation of topsoil. |
Definition | Large stones and large floor/hypocaust tiles. |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: 899.166 m asl (bottom of the rocks), closed excavation at 898.856 m asl. |
Phase Description | Phase XI: Further collapse post- CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of CE 512. Major collapses... |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: 899.256 m asl at north, 899.186 m asl at south (tops of rocks). |
Stage | Stage 6 |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 21 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 31 and Special Project 41". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8f3b8352-798e-4659-75fa-4c9a5542c286> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k20z78q0n
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