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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-53708

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

AA-53708

Fragments of a human ulna, longbone and vertebra from the partial remains of an inhumed burial (3), on its left side, flexed, at the base of an unlined grave pit 1.6m by 1m in surface extent and 0.8m deep.

Canmore ID 58802

Map Number NT77NW

Site type Cist(S) (Prehistoric), Inhumation(S) (Prehistoric), Palisaded Enclosure (Prehistoric), Pit (Prehistoric), Ring Groove House(S) (Prehistoric), Beaker (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Pottery)(Prehistoric), Knife (Bronze Age), Scraper (Tool) (Prehistoric)

Site number 18

NGR 372380 675470

Council 210

County 12

Parish DUNBAR

Lab Analysis ID AA-53708

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Dunwell, A J

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2325 bp +/-50

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 375 bc +/-50

Delta -21.1

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore