C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - UtC-1484

Human bone from a young adult inhumation in the NW corner of a cist in a rock cut tomb. The bone was in very poor condition and came from a mixed deposit including neonate bones (see UtC 1485 4100+/-50) and also fragments from a cremation probably that in a nearby urn (UtC-1487 3620+/-50 BP) (Lorimer in Dalland 1999, 399). Lack of detail in the report about the actual sample dated leaves it possible that there was cross-contamination; the condition of the bone makes it unlikely that pure collagen was dated.

Canmore ID 1689

Map Number HY21NW

Site type Cist (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Cremation(S) (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Inhumation(S) (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Pit (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)

Site number 35

NGR 324220 1019550

Council 330

County 22

Parish SANDWICK

Lab Analysis ID UtC-1484

Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3530 bp +/-40

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1580 bc +/-40

Delta -24.6

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No