C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-49344

Human parietal skull fragment comes from the fill (2544) of a very large pit (2511) which is sealed beneath the wall (801) of the south roundhouse. South Uist Human Remains Project Sample 22

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-49344

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Parker Pearson 2002

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3295 bp +/-50

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1345 bc +/-50

Delta -20.2

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10