C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-52379

Part (#33) of the skull of a fully articulated adult male skeleton 2638 was buried in the fill 2598 of a pit 2597 cut into sterile sand and sealed by the first floor layer 2211 of House 1370 (the 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 for a long time prior to deposition and another man's mandible was substituted for his own. See also AA-52378.

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-52379

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Parker Pearson 2002

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3135 bp +/-55

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1185 bc +/-55

Delta -19.9

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10