FIVE NEW RADIOCARBON DATES FROM MYANMAR Hudson, Bob 2015 Five new radiocarbon dates from Myanmar. AINSE grant 15012, Run 436, via the University of Sydney from the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, processed at ANSTO, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. A report to the Myanmar Department of Archaeology & Ministry of Culture, 15 June 2015. https://sydney.academia.edu/BobHudson The contents of this report may be used in academic publications provided the above citation is included. OZS480 1695 +/- 25 BP Cal 250-410 CE This date is from a resampling of a pillar at HL9, a hall within the walls of the palace at Halin. It suggests that the building may have been constructed at around the same time as the city gates and walls (see Hudson 2012; Hudson and Nyein Lwin 2012; Hudson 2014). HL9 and the city gates were destroyed at some time by fire, which led to the preservation of the wood in the form of carbon. This carbon date range does NOT provide the date of the fire, but the age of the wood, and by inference, the period during which the wood was harvested and used for construction. This sample was taken from the outer edge of one of the pillars. Note that another date for the pillars in this building gave a later result (Myint Aung 1970). Figure 1 shows the location of sites with radiocarbon dates at Halin. Figure 1 Radiocarbon dates at HALIN, as of June 2015