C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-48606

Human skull bone 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. The corpse of this man was kept a long time prior to deposition and another man's mandible was substituted for his own. South Uist Human Remains Project Sample 33

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-48606

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 -20

Delta15N relative to air  10.8

C/N ratio (Molar)  3.36

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10