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Table 14 Average precision of Last and End Boundary HPD intervals in TS2 (summarised from Table 12)

From: Modelling medieval masonry construction: taxa-specific and habitat-contingent Bayesian techniques for the interpretation of radiocarbon data from Mortar-Entrapped Relict Limekiln Fuels

Specified dataset IAÏ„ and model specification

Average precision of Last HPD intervals /years

Average precision of End Boundary HPD intervals/years

15 dates

10 dates

5 dates

15 dates

10 dates

5 dates

10 years IAτ

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

Exp. Prior/no Outlier Model

32 (50)

33 (53)

40 (73)

33 (53)

37 (57)

52 (113)

Exp. Prior/10-year Charcoal

28 (52)

32 (53)

42 (73)

32 (53)

35 (57)

48 (118)

Uniform Prior/default Charcoal

33 (60)

37 (60)

47 (105)

35 (65)

40 (72)

65 (160)

50 years IAτ

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

Exp. Prior/no Outlier Model

32 (52)

28 (52)

45 (75)

38 (63)

32 (67)

62 (160)

Exp. Prior/50-year Charcoal

37 (67)

32 (63)

47 (92)

40 (72)

38 (75)

68 (170)

Uniform Prior/default Charcoal

38 (82)

42 (90)

57 (145)

45 (102)

52 (113)

93 (250)

100 years IAτ

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

Exp, Prior/no Outlier Model

33 (63)

42 (83)

65 (92)

42 (75)

50 (108)

90 (208)

Exp. Prior/100-year Charcoal

45 (80)

50 (102)

68 (137)

47 (90)

57 (120)

98 (230)

Uniform Prior/default Charcoal

57 (120)

60 (142)

90 (197)

63 (140)

77 (183)

135 (363)

200 years IAτ

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

Exp. Prior/no Outlier Model

78 (107)

77 (103)

80 (118)

90 (132)

92 (155)

130 (383)

Exp. Prior/200-year Charcoal

87 (133)

68 (147)

92 (217)

98 (152)

83 (172)

155 (398)

Uniform Prior/default Charcoal

88 (202)

80 (182)

127 (328)

103 (238)

112 (258)

230 (655)

500 years IAτ

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

68% (95%)

Exp. Prior/no Outlier Model

63 (127)

82 (133)

105 (178)

95 (223)

113 (292)

308 (847)

Exp. Prior/500-year Charcoal

82 (203)

93 (243)

148 (332)

118 (263)

142 (328)

331 (882)

Uniform Prior/default Charcoal

172 (402)

110 (305)

197 (482)

277 (627)

283 (715)

537 (1593)