Ancient population · Iron Age

Armenia (Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age)

Name: Armenia (Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age) (Armenia_LBA_EIA)
Creator: Genoplot

Armenia_LBA_EIA

Armenia (Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Armenia_LBA_EIA), with 38 samples from Armenia, dated to c. 1420–720 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Armenia (Late Bronze Age) · Armenia_LBA, Lchashen (Late Bronze Age, Armenia) and Armenia (Late Iron Age); the nearest living populations are Georgian Khevs, Karata and Georgian Tush.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups R1b (11), I2a (10) and J2a; its mtDNA haplogroups include K1a (3), X2 (3), H (2) and N1a (2).

Period: Iron Age
Date: c. 1420–720 BCE
Country: Armenia
Sampled near: Noratus 40.65, 44.86
Sites: Noratus (15)
Bagheri-Tchala (8)
Black-Fortress (4)
Brardzryal (4)
Lchashen (3)
and 2 more
Samples: 38
Published in: LazaridisReichScience2022
Catalogue: Armenia_LBA_EIA
Armenia_LBA_EIA_o outliers

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.

Ancient
#	Population	Distance
1	Armenia (Late Bronze Age) · Armenia_LBA`Armenia_LBA`	0.78
2	Lchashen (Late Bronze Age, Armenia)`Armenia_Lchashen_LBA`	1.14
3	Armenia (Late Iron Age)`Armenia_LIA`	1.20
4	Beniamin (Late Bronze Age, Armenia)`Armenia_Beniamin_LBA`	1.65
5	Armenia (Early Iron Age)`Armenia_EIA`	1.74
6	Bagheri Tchala (Early Iron Age)`Bagheri_Tchala_EIA`	1.94
7	Armenia (Iron Age)`Armenia_IA`	1.98
8	Armenia (Middle Bronze Age) · Armenia_MBA`Armenia_MBA`	1.98
9	Armenia (Late Bronze Age) · ARM_LBA`ARM_LBA`	2.13
10	Beniamin Urartu (Iron Age, Armenia)`Armenia_Beniamin_Urartu_IA`	2.25

Modern
#	Population	Distance
1	Georgian Khevs`Georgian_Khevs`	2.51
2	Karata`Karata`	2.63
3	Georgian Tush`Georgian_Tush`	2.63
4	Tat Dagestan Dzhalgan`Tat_Dagestan_Dzhalgan`	3.05
5	Andian A`Andian_A`	3.23
6	Hinukh`Hinukh`	3.31
7	Tat Azerbaijan`Tat_Azerbaijan`	3.37
8	Azerbaijani Dagestan`Azerbaijani_Dagestan`	3.44
9	Chechen`Chechen`	3.48
10	Azeri Dagestan`Azeri_Dagestan`	3.53

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

22 men with a call

R1b1a1b1b R-Y159888 11
I2a2 I-L596 7
I2a2b I-Y16419 2
I2a2b1b3 I-Y60125
J2a1a1a2b2a3b J-Y3020

mtDNA

38 individuals with a call

Individuals 40

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.

Sample	Catalogue entry	Sex	Date	Site	Y-DNA	mtDNA
`I14051`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	800-650 BCE	Brardzryal		T2c1a
`I14052`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	800-650 BCE	Brardzryal		U5a1d
`I14053`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	800-650 BCE	Brardzryal	R1b1a1b1b R-Y159888	H
`I14055`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	800-650 BCE	Brardzryal	R1b1a1b1b R-FGC14590	K1a12a
`I14066`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1050-800 BCE	Bagheri-Tchala		H
`I14588`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1150-800 BCE	Bagheri-Tchala	R1b1a1b1b R-M12149	U5b2a1a1
`I14601`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1150-800 BCE	Bagheri-Tchala	R1b1a1b1b R-Y159888	W5
`I14602`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1150-800 BCE	Bagheri-Tchala		J1c2e
`I14603`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1002-841 calBCE	Bagheri-Tchala		H29
`I14606`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1150-800 BCE	Bagheri-Tchala	R1b1a1b1b R-FGC14590	X4
`I14618`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1122-931 calBCE	Bagheri-Tchala	R1b1a1b1b R-Y159888	H8a1
`I14620`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1042-906 calBCE	Bagheri-Tchala	R1b1a1b1b R-Y159888	T1a1
`I15729`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1250-1150 BCE	Nerkin-Getashen		W3a1
`I15748`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1450-1250 BCE	Nerkin-Getashen		U5a2
`I15750`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1450-1250 BCE	Nerkin-Getashen		W3b
`I16196`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1250-1100 BCE	Lori-Berd	I2a2b1b3 I-Y60125	K1a4b
`I18162`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1250-1100 BCE	Black-Fortress	R1b1a1b1b R-Y159888	U8b1a1
`I18163`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1250-1100 BCE	Black-Fortress	R1b1a1b1b R-Y82989	J1b1b1
`I18165`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1250-1100 BCE	Black-Fortress	J2a1a1a2b2a3b J-Y3020	X2
`I18166`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1450-1250 BCE	Lchashen		X2
`I18167`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1450-1250 BCE	Lchashen		H13a1a2
`I18168`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1450-1250 BCE	Lchashen	I2a2b I-Y16419	H2a
`I18248`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1250-1100 BCE	Black-Fortress		X2
`I18467`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1450-1250 BCE	Noratus		U8b1a2
`I18468`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1150-1050 BCE	Noratus	I2a2 I-L596	HV18
`I18469`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1050-750 BCE	Noratus	I2a2 I-L596	W6
`I18470`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1550-1300 BCE	Noratus	I2a2 I-L596	N1a1a
`I18472`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1450-1250 BCE	Noratus		K1a1b1e
`I18478`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1000-600 BCE	Noratus	R1b1a1b1b R-Y18781	J2b1e1
`I18481`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1150-1050 BCE	Noratus	I2a2 I-L596	I1c1a
`I18486`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1450-1250 BCE	Noratus	I2a2b I-Y16419	T2a3
`I18487`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1500-1350 BCE	Noratus		R0a3
`I19321`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1150-1050 BCE	Noratus	I2a2 I-L596	H15a1b
`I19323`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1500-1350 BCE	Noratus	I2a2 I-L596	HV1a'b'c
`I19324`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	1050-750 BCE	Noratus		HV1a1a
`I19325`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1450-1250 BCE	Noratus	R1b1a1b1b R-M12149	W4
`I19326`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	M	1250-1150 BCE	Noratus	I2a2 I-L596	C1
`I19328`	`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	F	904-814 calBCE	Noratus		N1a1a
`I18164` outlier	`Armenia_LBA_EIA_o`	F	1250-1100 BCE	Black-Fortress		J2b1f
`I18247` outlier	`Armenia_LBA_EIA_o`	F	1665-1950 calCE	Black-Fortress		K1a4b