C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-48597

Tibia from a fully articulated male skeleton (2638) buried in the fill (2598) of a pit (2597) into sterile sand and sealed by a first floor layer (2211) of House 1370 (108429rthern roundhouse in Area A). It is interpreted as a foundation deposit for the row of roundhouses, contemporary with burials 2611, 2727 and 2792. South Uist Human Remains Project Sample 16

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-48597

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Parker Pearson 2002

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3305 bp +/-55

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1355 bc +/-55

Delta -19.9

Delta15N relative to air  9.9

C/N ratio (Molar)  3.1

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10