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Table 23 Last and End Boundary distributions generated by different Bayesian models from the 5 date Lochindorb Castle MERLF radiocarbon dataset, with TPQ and TAQ probabilities

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

Model specification

Last HPD intervals/cal AD

End Boundary HPD intervals/cal AD

Agreement indices

Lochindorb Castle all data

68%

95%

Median

After TPQ

Before TAQ

68%

95%

Median

After TPQ

Before TAQ

Amodel

Aoverall

Ai

Exponential prior;

No outlier

1195–1260

1175–1270

1220

8%

100%

1200–1420

1170–1895

1325

77%

33%

78.1

78.1

0

Exponential prior; modified Charcoal

1185–1280

1160–1485

1245

39%

75%

1210–1485

1175–2005

1370

86%

21%

79.4

79.4

0

Exponential prior;

default Charcoal

1180–1295

1160–1685

1250

46%

67%

1210–1520

1175–2125

1385

88%

19%

79.3

79.3

0

Uniform prior;

default Charcoal

1180–1465

1165–1990

1335

70%

38%

1235–1890

1200–3010

1620

97%

5%

79.5

79.5

0