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Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Top (m) Opening levels: 905.754 m at northeast, 906.924 m at center, 905.954 m at northeast.
Stage Description Burning in the south. Soil deposit contains thousands of plastered ceramic tiles.
Phase Description Phase IX: Major CE 363 earthquake leads to the collapse of major temple architectural elements including...
Definition
  • Ashy layer
  • Ashy Layer
Phase IX
Description The soil of Locus 37 consists of a Weak Red (Munsell 10 YR 5/2) ash. This layer stretched from the southernmost point on the wall to the northern edge of the South Doorway. It borders the initial destruction layer in the south. The soil contained few fragments of pottery, except for thousands of roof, floor and canalization tiles, which had been plastered on all sides.
Stage Stage 5b
Combined with Locus 51.
Bottom (m) Closing levels: 905.554 m in northeast, 905.554 m in center, 905.654 m at southeast.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 37 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/e791e6cf-4d3e-4dcd-73de-158773735c73> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2tb16n78

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