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Cockitt and David, 2006

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labcode	country	region	longitude	latitude	site	sample	material	species	d13C	r_date	r_date_sigma	qual	environment	context	period	dynasty	reign
OxA-15240	Egypt	Upper Egypt	31.7468	26.5664	Akhmim		tissue	human abdominal muscle	-23.5	2253	30		Cultivation	From Mummy Ta Bes. Manchester Egyptology	3rd Intermediate	25
OxA-15241	Egypt	Upper Egypt	31.7468	26.5664	Akhmim		tissue	human skin right forearm	-23.7	2319	26		Cultivation	From Mummy Ta Bes. Manchester Egyptolog	3rd Intermediate	25
OxA-15242	Egypt	Upper Egypt	31.7468	26.5664	Akhmim		tissue	human skin left shoulder	-21.8	2314	27		Cultivation	From Mummy Ta Bes. Found in a set of ne	3rd Intermediate	25
OxA-15239	Egypt	Thebes	32.6063	25.7373	Deir el-Bahari		Tissue	human brain tissue	-21.6	3657	30		Desert edge	Sample taken from skull of Egyptian mumy	Middle Kingdom	11	Mentuhotep III
OxA-15351	Egypt	Thebes	32.6063	25.7373	Deir el-Bahari		skin	human upper arm	-22	3676	33		Desert edge	Excavated from pan shaped grave pit - To	Middle Kingdom	11	Mentuhotep III

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Cockitt, J.A. (2006) An investigation into the problems surrounding the radiocarbon dating of ancient Egyptian artefacts, with special reference sources of old carbon contamination. Doctoral thesis, University of Manchester. data

Cockitt, J.A. and David, A.R. (2006) The radiocarbon dating of ancient Egyptian mummies and their associated artefacts; implications for Egyptology. In Cannata, M. and Adams, C., Eds. Current research in Egyptology 2006 : proceedings of the seventh annual symposium which took place in the University of Oxford. Oxford, Oxbow, pp.43-53. data

Dee, M.W., Rowland, J.M., Higham, T.F.G., Shortland, A.J., Brock, F., Harris, S.A. and Bronk Ramsey, C. (2012) Synchronising Radiocarbon Dating and the Egyptian Historical chronology by Improved Sample Selection. Antiquity, 86(333), pp.868-883. doi:10.1017/s0003598x00047979 data publication

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