C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-48585

Human femur from a group of disarticulated bones forming most of a single skeleton found in 1992 on the surface (Context CH 001) of a sand quarry, immediately south-east of the LBA midden within Area C. South Uist Human Remains Project Sample 3.

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-48585

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Parker Pearson 2002

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3205 bp +/-50

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1255 bc +/-50

Delta -19.5

Delta15N relative to air  9.7

C/N ratio (Molar)  3.4

Completed by National Science Foundation Radiocarbon Facility University of Arizona, USA

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10