C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-48602

Human scapula fragment from the fill (2106) of the stone cist (2105) situated under the doorway and wall of house 401 (the central roundhouse). The fill (2106) from which the fragment came lay over a lower sand layer (2283) within the cist and was sealed beneath the top slabs of the cist. South Uist Human Remains Project Sample 23

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-48602

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Parker Pearson 2002

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2865 bp +/-55

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 915 bc +/-55

Delta -19.1

Delta15N relative to air  5.9

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10