C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-9010

Sample 205 Context 416 Layer of fragmented and complete shells (cockle) in a series of wind-blown sands butting Early Neolithic wall [405]. Sealed by sand [415], seals sand [418]. This context contained a cow tooth and a fragment of sheep skull and represents the final phase of human activity on the West Voe site. The sample is from a context that appears to represent a scatter of midden material that accumulated on a stable surface within the Early Neolithic dune system. It is likely that a relatively short period passed between death and it's incorporation into the context in which it was found.

Canmore ID 274115

Map Number HU31SE

Site type Midden (Period Unassigned)

Site number 102

NGR 439200 1111000

Council 360

County 29

Parish DUNROSSNESS

Lab Analysis ID SUERC-9010

Lab Preparation Code GU-13726

Material Dated Shell (Cerastoderma edule)

Researcher Dr. N. D. Melton

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4950 bp +/-35

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 3000 bc +/-35

Delta 2.6

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