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Description A stratum of fine silt, sand, and small pebbles compacted around the Locus 3 collapse elements, and overlying the Locus 2 stone platform. The Munsell Color was 7.5 YR 4/4 (Brown). A selection of pottery, bone, and metal were recovered, along with a single stone tessera. This locus is the result of sedimentation processes, and represents the remainder of the deposit originally excavated as Trench 69/SP 70 during the 2000 season. It is assigned to Stage 4 because it was deposited after the Stage 3 collapse event(s).
Top (m) Opening elevation: 892.548 m.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 892.198 m.
Overlies Loci 2 and 3.
Location SW corner of West Propylaeum South Gallery.
Definition Sediment deposit beneath overburden, covering and surrounding Loci 2 and 3
Underlies Overburden.
Combined with None.
Size 2.35 m north south-by-3.0 m east west..
Preserved Height 0.35 m (excavated).
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 1 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Special Project 118". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/a956b22a-e0e1-4c9c-d2f4-fe0f36049610> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2nc61r4s

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