C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-4071

A human rib and scapula (sample 2) from Burial 4 in Cist 1, the incomplete and disarticulated remains of a mature adult male apparently exposed and defleshed elsewhere and found sealed below the cist capstone, overlying an articulated crouched burial (5), set on the floor of a stone-lined cist within the base of a large pit c. 1m deep. Most large bones were present, and most small bones were absent. The measurement was a repeat of GU-10817 and confirms the results for GU-10817 (3755+/-55) and SUERC-4082 (3760+/-40).

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 SUERC-4071

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Dunwell, A J

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3765 bp +/-35

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1815 bc +/-35

Delta -20.4

Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10