C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - OxA-V-2168-42

Human bone from a crouched inhumation of an unusually tall adolescent in Cist 2, with a SN Step 4 N1 beaker with wide horizontal zones of comb-impressed decoration. Previous date (GU-1117 3835+/-110) is statistically indistinguishable.

Canmore ID 47482

Map Number NS93NE

Site type Cist(S) (Prehistoric), Inhumation(S)

Site number 27

NGR 298100 637600

Council 380

County 18

Parish COVINGTON AND THANKERTON

Lab Analysis ID OxA-V-2168-42

Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Sheridan 2006, 198

Sponsor AHRC

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3803 bp +/-32

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1853 bc +/-32

Completed by Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, England

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10