C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-48598

This human mandible was substituted for that of the old man (2638) buried in a pit 2597 under roundhouse 1370. The pit was cut into sterile sand and sealed by the first floor layer (2211) of the roundhouse. South Uist Human Remains Project Sample 17

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-48598

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Parker Pearson 2002

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3105 bp +/-50

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1155 bc +/-50

Delta -19.9

Delta15N relative to air  10.8

C/N ratio (Molar)  3.3

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10