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Age BP | OxA-1878 (4150 ±70) | |
Site | 4B Barrow ( / Great Britain and Ireland / Great Britain and Ireland ) | |
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Latitude | 51.8784 | |
Longitude | -5.2920 | |
Contact | Oxford Archaeol Unit | |
Period | Bronze Age | |
References | Archaeometry, 32, 1990, 218-21; Oxoniensia, 42, 1977, 30-41 | |
Comments | CL Charred human bone, F4700, from cremation in tripartite collared urn with whipped cord impressions, in pit at W end of barrow cemetery at Barrow Hills, Radley, Oxfordshire, England. Subm C Halpin 1988. Comment (subm): these three dates, OxA-1876, 1877, -1878, have failed to produce archaeologically acceptable dates. Comment (lab): chemically the three anomalous charred bones were no different from the other charred bones which have produced acceptable dates. Environmental contamination is possible, though it would be unusual for the same process to make dates both too old and too young. | |
