Miklós Kásler - Zoltán Szentirmay (szerk.): Identifying the Árpád Dynasty Skeletons Interred in the Matthias Church. Applying data from historical, archaeological, anthropological, radiological, morphological, radiocarbon dating and genetic research (Budapest, 2021)

CHAPTER FIVE – Radiocarbon dating

CHAPTER FIVE

ELEK BENKÖ,

BALÁZS

MENDE

RADIOCARBON DATING

Radiocarbon dating was performed at the initiative of Dr Elek Benkő by

the Radiocarbon Institute of Glasgow, where such dating procedures had previously been conducted for Professor Benkő

on

several occasions (Table 4).

Table 4. Radiocarbon dating

Persons

Bone sample

Calibrated year (68.2%)

Calibrated year (95.4%)

Béla III

Bone dust, femur

993-1012

977-1025

Anne of Antioch

Phalange II

901-1012

895-1019

II/52_3

rib

1040-1153

1035-1155

II/53-7

Not investigated

Not investigated

II/54-9

rib

1400-1435

1320-1443

II/55_10

rib

1429-1457

1415-1487

II/56_11

rib

976-1020

889-1028

II/109_8

rib

1429-1453

1415-1477

1/3 G5

rib

133-218

84-245

1/4 H6

vertebra

1191-1257

1162-1265

103