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

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Table 26 Radiocarbon results, dataset age ranges and Combine distributions associated with the MERLF assemblage from Lismore Cathedral nave (CS6)

Lismore Cathedral nave	Radiocarbon results			Modelled distributions
Laboratory code	SUERC-75732	SUERC-75726	SUERC-75727	Dataset age range (years)	Combine range (cal AD)
Sample taxon	Quercus	Quercus	Corylus
δ¹³C (‰)	− 23.9‰	− 25.5‰	− 29.6‰
¹⁴C age (BP)	921 ± 30	843 ± 30	616 ± 30
Calibrated date 68% probability (cal AD)	1040–1170	1170–1260	1300–1400	175–300	*1250–1265*
Calibrated date 95% probability (cal AD)	1030–1210	1160–1270	1290–1400	125–345	*1250–1275*

Combine distributions have been highlighted in bolditalic emphasis as this model presented poor agreement and the dataset failed a chi-square type test