C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-49343

Human femur from a fully articulated juvenile skeleton (2727) buried in the fill (2563) of a pit (2564) into sterile sand and sealed by the first floor layer (1311) of House 401 (the central roundhouse in Area A). It is interpreted as a foundation deposit for the row of roundhouses, contemporary with burials 2638, 2611 and 2792. South Uist Human Remains Project Sample 19

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-49343

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Parker Pearson 2002

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2845 bp +/-50

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 895 bc +/-50

Delta -22.2

Delta15N relative to air  10.6

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10