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Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Phase Description
Phase
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 899.736 m asl.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 900.096 m asl.
Stage Description Fill layers and ash deposition from later use.
Description Yellowish brown soil of Munsell 10YR 5/4, sandy and filled with piles of tiles. Contained some canalization and some hypocaust tiles, but mostly roof tiles. Located southeast of the lower areas of ash, at the same relative elevation as Loci 11 and 10 . Recovered pottery, metal and stone from this layer.
Stage Stage 8
Definition Yellowish brown soil.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 12 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/bb64164a-792c-4386-9d9d-406222e56c1b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2xd10b2z

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