Ancient population · Bronze Age

Armenia (Late Bronze Age) · Armenia_LBA

Name: Armenia (Late Bronze Age) · Armenia_LBA (Armenia_LBA)
Creator: Genoplot

Armenia_LBA

Armenia (Late Bronze Age) · Armenia_LBA is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Armenia_LBA), with 43 samples from Armenia, dated to c. 1370–840 BCE.

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

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups I2a (9), R1b (9) and E1b (2); its mtDNA haplogroups include K1a (6), T1a (4), N1b (3) and U3b (2).

Period: Bronze Age
Date: c. 1370–840 BCE
Country: Armenia
Sampled near: Karashamb 40.39, 44.81
Sites: Karashamb (25)
Sarukhan (5)
Nerkin-Getashen (4)
Noratus (3)
Kapan
and 5 more
Samples: 43
Published in: LazaridisReichScience2022
AllentoftWillerslevNature2015
Catalogue: Armenia_LBA
Armenia_LBA.SG variant

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–Early Iron Age)`Armenia_LBA_EIA`	0.78
2	Lchashen (Late Bronze Age, Armenia)`Armenia_Lchashen_LBA`	0.88
3	Armenia (Late Iron Age)`Armenia_LIA`	0.92
4	Armenia (Early Iron Age)`Armenia_EIA`	1.44
5	Armenia (Iron Age)`Armenia_IA`	1.63
6	Beniamin (Late Bronze Age, Armenia)`Armenia_Beniamin_LBA`	1.65
7	Bagheri Tchala (Early Iron Age)`Bagheri_Tchala_EIA`	1.65
8	Armenia (Middle Bronze Age) · Armenia_MBA`Armenia_MBA`	2.06
9	Beniamin Urartu (Iron Age, Armenia)`Armenia_Beniamin_Urartu_IA`	2.10
10	Urartian Empire (Iron Age, Armenia)`Armenia_UrartianEmpire`	2.20

Modern
#	Population	Distance
1	Georgian Khevs`Georgian_Khevs`	2.37
2	Georgian Tush`Georgian_Tush`	2.47
3	Karata`Karata`	2.66
4	Andian A`Andian_A`	2.84
5	Tat Azerbaijan`Tat_Azerbaijan`	3.10
6	Tat Dagestan Dzhalgan`Tat_Dagestan_Dzhalgan`	3.22
7	Azerbaijani Dagestan`Azerbaijani_Dagestan`	3.38
8	Hinukh`Hinukh`	3.41
9	Azeri Dagestan`Azeri_Dagestan`	3.41
10	Udi`Udi`	3.42

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

24 men with a call

R1b1a1b1b R-M12149 9
I2a2b I-BY126133 4
I2a2b1 I-FT121460 4
S1a1b1d R-FGC48354 2
E1b1b1b2a1a1a E-S11387
E1b1b1b2a1a1a1a1e1 E-Y6186
I2a2 I-L596
J2a1a1a2 J-PF5119
T1a1a1b2b T-Y145490

mtDNA

43 individuals with a call

Individuals 43

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	Catalogue entry	Sex	Date	Site	Y-DNA	mtDNA
`I13948`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1267-1056 calBCE	Lori-Berd	R1b1a1b1b R-M12149	U4a2c
`I15732`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1439-1293 calBCE	Nerkin-Getashen	E1b1b1b2a1a1a E-S11387	K1a1
`I15733`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1434-1300 calBCE	Nerkin-Getashen	E1b1b1b2a1a1a1a1e1 E-Y6186	J1c
`I15734`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1438-1302 calBCE	Nerkin-Getashen		T1a2
`I15749`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1250-1150 BCE	Nerkin-Getashen		U8b1a2b
`I16217`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1213-1048 calBCE	Karashamb		K1a
`I16220`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1382-1134 calBCE	Karashamb	I2a2b1 I-FT121460	U3b3
`I16537`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1115-932 calBCE	Pidjut		J2b1
`I16554`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1214-1050 calBCE	Tekhut	R1b1a1b1b R-Y159888	K1a12a
`I17182`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1077-920 calBCE	Keti		N1b1a
`I18479`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1250-1150 BCE	Noratus		HV1a1a
`I19329`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1385-1131 calBCE	Noratus	I2a2 I-L596	T1a1
`I19331`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	R1b1a1b1b R-A12332	H13a2b
`I19332`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	R1b1a1b1b R-Y13369	H2
`I19333`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	I2a2b1 I-Z26403	T2c1a
`I19334`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	I2a2b1 I-Z26403	I6
`I19335`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	R1b1a1b1b R-M12149	K1a23
`I19336`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	R1b1a1b1b R-M12149	K1a12a
`I19337`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb		W3a1a1
`I19338`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1212-1018 calBCE	Karashamb		I1
`I19339`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb		U3b2a1
`I19341`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	I2a2b I-BY126133	X2f
`I19342`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb		R1a1a
`I19343`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	R1b1a1b1b R-FT145519	W6
`I19344`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb		H4
`I19345`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	T1a1a1b2b T-Y145490	J1d6
`I19346`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	R1b1a1b1b R-M12149	K1a
`I19347`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb		J1b1b1
`I19348`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	S1a1b1d R-FGC48354	T1a
`I19349`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb	J2a1a1a2 J-PF5119	U2e1h
`I19350`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb		T2i1
`I19351`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb		I1c1a
`I19352`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1400-900 BCE	Karashamb		U5b2a1a
`I19353`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1117-935 calBCE	Karashamb	I2a2b I-Y16419	N1b1a2
`I19354`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1203-1014 calBCE	Karashamb	I2a2b1 I-Z26403	HV
`I20436`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1199-989 calBCE	Sarukhan	I2a2b I-Y16419	N1b1a5
`I20439`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1012-906 calBCE	Sarukhan		X2e2a2
`I20440`	`Armenia_LBA`	F	1263-1121 calBCE	Sarukhan		W6b
`I20441`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	900-805 calBCE	Sarukhan	R1b1a1b1b R-FGC77771	U2
`I20443`	`Armenia_LBA`	M	1013-846 calBCE	Sarukhan	I2a2b I-BY126133	H2a
`RISE397_noUDG.SG`	`Armenia_LBA.SG`	M	1049-846 calBCE	Kapan	S1a1b1d R-BY38715	T1a2
`RISE407_noUDG.SG`	`Armenia_LBA.SG`	F	1118-854 calBCE	Norabak		H8a
`RISE412_noUDG.SG`	`Armenia_LBA.SG`	F	1201-935 calBCE	Noratus		U4c1a