C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-12596

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

AA-12596

Human bone (FIND No 134) from partly waterlogged shell sand (F40) within the chamber of the boat burial. See also AA-12595 (940+/-75 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-12596

Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1040 bp +/-60

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 910 +/-60

Delta -21.1

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore