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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-1117
GU-1117
Human bone from a crouched inhumation of an unusually tall adolescent in Cist 2, with a beaker with wide horizontal zones of comb-impressed decoration. Re-dated (OxA-V-2168-42 3803+/-32) which is statistically indistinguishable.
Canmore ID 47482
Map Number NS93NE
Site type Cist(S) (Prehistoric), Inhumation(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site number 27
NGR 298100 637600
Council 380
County 18
Parish COVINGTON AND THANKERTON
Lab Analysis ID GU-1117
Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)
Researcher Clarke et al 1985, 559
Sponsor Historic Scotland
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3835 bp +/-75
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1885 bc +/-75
Delta -20.2
Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Calibration program used OxCal 3.10
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
