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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-7920
SUERC-7920
Bone apatite from a piece of cremated human bone (Sample 5) from fill 061, one of two ashy deposits which formed part of the secondary fill of pit 054 in Trench F. Fill 061 overlay a thin band of redeposited natural 063, and the basal layer 064 of the pit. It was overlain by top fill 053 of pit 55 and a greasy black clayey silt containing charcoal.
Canmore ID 2035
Map Number HY31NW
Site type Barrow(S) (Bronze Age), Cist (Early Bronze Age), Cremation (Early Bronze Age), Hearth (Neolithic), House (Neolithic), Bead(S) (Amber)(Early Bronze Age), Disc(S) (Gold)(Early Bronze Age)
Site number 42
NGR 334200 1017400
Council 330
County 22
Parish BIRSAY AND HARRAY
Lab Analysis ID SUERC-7920
Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)
Sponsor HS
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3175 bp +/-50
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1225 bc +/-50
Delta -20.2
Calibration program used No
Calibration curve used No
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
