Ancient population · Medieval

BHS Taino (Medieval)

BHS_Taino

BHS Taino (Medieval) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (BHS_Taino), with 1 sample from Eleuthera, Bahamas, dated to about 955 CE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Taino (Medieval, Bahamas), Dominican La Union Ceramic (Medieval) and Abaco Isl Ceramic (Medieval, Bahamas); the nearest living populations are Piapoco, Yukpa and Aymara.

Its mtDNA haplogroup is B2.

Period
Medieval
Date
about 955 CE
Country
Bahamas
Origin
Eleuthera, Bahamas
Sampled near
Preacher's Cave 25.56, -76.70
Samples
1
Catalogue
BHS_Taino

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
#PopulationDistance
1Taino (Medieval, Bahamas)Bahamas_Taino1.02
2Dominican La Union Ceramic (Medieval)Dominican_LaUnion_Ceramic1.65
3Abaco Isl Ceramic (Medieval, Bahamas)Bahamas_AbacoIsl_Ceramic1.80
4Cueva Esqueletos Ceramic (Medieval, Cuba)Cuba_CuevaEsqueletos_Ceramic1.88
5Pasodel Indio Ceramic (Medieval, Puerto Rico)PuertoRico_PasodelIndio_Ceramic1.89
6Dominican Andres Ceramic (Medieval)Dominican_Andres_Ceramic1.94
7Dominican Atajadizo Ceramic (Medieval)Dominican_Atajadizo_Ceramic1.95
8Dominican Cueva Juana Ceramic (Medieval)Dominican_CuevaJuana_Ceramic1.97
9South Andros Ceramic (Medieval, Bahamas)Bahamas_SouthAndros_Ceramic1.97
10Dominican El Soco Ceramic (Medieval)Dominican_ElSoco_Ceramic1.99
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1PiapocoPiapoco1.84
2YukpaYukpa2.26
3AymaraAymara2.45
4WichiWichi2.65
5Bolivian La PazBolivian_LaPaz3.39
6KaritianaKaritiana3.56
7CollaColla3.74
8CachiCachi4.43
9MixeMixe4.66
10SuruiSurui4.81

Haplogroups

mtDNA

1 individual with a call

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.

SampleSexDateSitemtDNA
PC537F892-1022 calCEPreacher's CaveB2