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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - OxA-9834
OxA-9834
WITHDRAWN BECAUSE OF SAMPLE TREATMENT PROBLEM (Sheridan 2006, 202). A young sheep metatarsal from Trench IV layer 1(2), midden adjacent to the kerb of the back of the chambered cairn containing grooved ware and beaker. Because the d13C value suggests a 'marine' effect this age is older than it would have been had the sheep eaten material of purely terrestrial origin.
Canmore ID 3243
Map Number HY55SW
Site type Chambered Cairn (Neolithic), Inhumation(S) (Neolithic), Bead (Bone)(Neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (Pottery)(Neolithic)
Site number 2
NGR 350444 1052277
Council 330
County 22
Parish PAPA WESTRAY
Lab Analysis ID OxA-9834
Material Dated withdrawn (withdrawn)
Sponsor HS
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4440 bp +/-40
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2490 bc +/-40
Delta -14.6
Calibration program used No
Calibration curve used No
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
