C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-10808

Sample CH06#63 Context 923 Midden layer 923 in Area C (the midden and double roundhouse northwest of the main excavation). Deposit of bone-rich grey sand forming a midden layer near the top of the upper midden sequence. It lies on top of midden layer 924 and is sealed by midden layer 931. Site Phase 12. The sheep astragalus is most likely to have been deposited as the result of butchery activities elsewhere on the settlement. Very little time is likely to have elapsed between the sheep's death and the articulated bone's incorporation into the archaeological context of the midden.

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 SUERC-10808

Lab Preparation Code GU-14222

Material Dated Bone (Sheep astragalus)

Researcher Mike Parker Pearson

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2870 bp +/-35

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 920 bc +/-35

Delta -21

Delta15N relative to air  7.3

C/N ratio (Molar)  3.2

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