C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-48583
AA-48583
Human hand phalanx found in the spoil tip from excavation of layers 600, 602 and 604 (unstratified Context CH 600) within the small trench in Area B. South Uist Human Remains Project Sample 1.
Canmore ID 108429
Map Number NF72SW
Site type Cremation Cemetery (Prehistoric), House (Period Unassigned), Roundhouse(S) (Prehistoric), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site number 17
NGR 73138 821977
Council 410
County 14
Parish SOUTH UIST
Lab Analysis ID AA-48583
Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)
Researcher Parker Pearson 2002
Sponsor Historic Scotland
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3300 bp +/-55
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1350 bc +/-55
Delta -19.4
Delta15N relative to air 10.5
C/N ratio (Molar) 3.2
Completed by National Science Foundation Radiocarbon Facility University of Arizona, USA
Calibration program used OxCal 3.10
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore