Laboratory: Harwell


BP: 3480 Std: 80

Delta 13C value -25.8 Delta 13C standard deviation None given

Sample Material: charcoal Sample Material Comment: mainly Rosaceae, sub-family Pomoideae with Quercus sp. and little Corylus sp.

Feature Type: burial mound Feature: from a Beaker occupation layer on the edge of, and over, the first mound

Culture: Funnelbeaker culture / western group Phase: n/a


Site: Callis Wold Country Subdivision: East Riding of Yorkshire Country: United Kingdom


Approved: true Right: public


Literature:

Jordan, David and Haddon-Reece, David and Bayliss, Alex, Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981 (1994).


Comment: D. Coombs: this result seems rather late for a Beaker horizon, the European evidence would suggest a date nearer 2000 BC


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