C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-49256

Human tooth from a floor layer 465 within House 401 (central roundhouse) in Area A (the main trench excavated in 1996-2001). This floor layer of peat dust and sand contains debris deriving from activities that took place on its surface. South Uist Human Remains Project Sample 4.

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-49256

Material Dated Tooth, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Parker Pearson 2002

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2710 bp +/-70

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 760 bc +/-70

Delta -19.1

Delta15N relative to air  10.8

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10