Ancient population · Iron Age
Albania (Iron Age)
Albania_IA
Albania (Iron Age) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Albania_IA), with 1 sample from Albania, dated to c. 480 BCE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Montenegro (Middle–Late Bronze Age), Syrmian Srem Group (Iron Age, Hungary) and Macedonia (Iron Age); the nearest living populations are Italian Bergamo, Italian Veneto and Italian Trentino Alto Adige.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup J2b; its mtDNA haplogroup is H.
- Period
- Iron Age
- Date
- c. 480 BCE
- Country
- Albania
- Sampled near
- Çinamak 42.02, 20.37
- Samples
- 1
- Published in
- LazaridisReichScience2022
- Catalogue
Albania_IA
Nearest populations
Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montenegro (Middle–Late Bronze Age)Montenegro_MLBA | 2.47 |
| 2 | Syrmian Srem Group (Iron Age, Hungary)Hungary_IA_Syrmian_SremGroup | 2.53 |
| 3 | Macedonia (Iron Age)Macedonia_IA | 2.66 |
| 4 | Albania (Bronze Age–Iron Age)Albania_BA_IA | 2.74 |
| 5 | Croatia (Middle Bronze Age) · Croatia_MBACroatia_MBA | 2.83 |
| 6 | Croatia (Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age)Croatia_LBA_EIA | 2.93 |
| 7 | Montenegro (Late Bronze Age)MNE_LBA | 3.15 |
| 8 | Cetina (Middle Bronze Age, Croatia)Croatia_MBA_Cetina | 3.18 |
| 9 | Croatia (Bronze Age)Croatia_BA | 3.29 |
| 10 | Ordona Daunian (Iron Age, Italy)Italy_Ordona_Daunian | 3.30 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian BergamoItalian_Bergamo | 3.22 |
| 2 | Italian VenetoItalian_Veneto | 3.39 |
| 3 | Italian Trentino Alto AdigeItalian_Trentino_Alto_Adige | 3.49 |
| 4 | Italian LombardyItalian_Lombardy | 3.53 |
| 5 | Italian Trentino-Alto-AdigeItalian_Trentino-Alto-Adige | 3.61 |
| 6 | Italian PiedmontItalian_Piedmont | 3.75 |
| 7 | Italian NortheastItalian_Northeast | 3.95 |
| 8 | French CorsicaFrench_Corsica | 3.97 |
| 9 | Italian Friuli Venezia Giulia SappadaItalian_Friuli_Venezia_Giulia_Sappada | 3.97 |
| 10 | Italian EmiliaItalian_Emilia | 4.00 |
Haplogroups
Individuals 1
The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.
| Sample | Sex | Date | Site | Y-DNA | mtDNA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I16253 | M | 658-403 calBCE | Çinamak | J2b2a1a1a1a1a1b1a J-Y37121 | H |