C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-4072

The human left humerus of Burial 5 from the complete remains of a crouched inhumation laid on the floor of a burial cist (Cist 1) sealed below cist capstone set within the base of a large pit c. 1m deep. The disarticulated remains of a second burial (4) were present in the same cist. The measurement was a repeat of GU-10818 (3340+/-75) and both broadly confirms the result for SUERC-4083 (3725+/-35) and shows that the original analysis GU-10818 should be ignored.

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-4072

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Dunwell, A J

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3615 bp +/-40

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1665 bc +/-40

Delta -21.8

Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10