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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-12595
AA-12595
Human bone (FIND No 135) from partly waterlogged shell sand (F40) within the chamber of the boat burial. See also AA-12596 (1040+/-60 BP) and AA-12597 (1155+/-60 BP). There is no significant difference between these dates, whose mean is 1060+/-40 BP.
Canmore ID 3494
Map Number HY64NE
Site type Inhumation(S) (Viking), Mound (Viking), Ship Burial (Viking)
Site number 7
NGR 367800 1045840
Council 330
County 22
Parish CROSS AND BURNESS
Lab Analysis ID AA-12595
Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)
Sponsor HS
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 940 bp +/-75
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 1010 +/-75
Delta -21.1
Calibration program used No
Calibration curve used No
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
