Ancient population · Iron Age

Xinjiang Guanjingtai (Iron Age, China)

China_Xinjiang_Guanjingtai_IA

Xinjiang Guanjingtai (Iron Age, China) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (China_Xinjiang_Guanjingtai_IA), with 1 sample from China, dated to c. 70 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China), Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China) and Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan); the nearest living populations are Tatar Lipka, Besermyan and Udmurt.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup R1a; its mtDNA haplogroup is C4.

Period
Iron Age
Date
c. 70 BCE
Country
China
Sampled near
Guanjingtai 43.80, 82.51
Samples
1
Published in
KumarFuScience2022
Catalogue
China_Xinjiang_Guanjingtai_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.

Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Qiafuqihaishuiku_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.43
2Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible2.59
3Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA2.61
4Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA2.75
5Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA2.76
6Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_ShanSaka_Tian_Shan2.77
7Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka2.80
8Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.84
9Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA2.93
10Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA3.04
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Tatar LipkaTatar_Lipka7.72
2BesermyanBesermyan7.76
3UdmurtUdmurt8.07
4Tajik Tajikistan HisorTajik_Tajikistan_Hisor8.08
5Tatar Crimean steppeTatar_Crimean_steppe8.18
6TurkmenTurkmen8.25
7Turkmen UzbekistanTurkmen_Uzbekistan8.42
8Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan8.42
9Pamiri SarikoliPamiri_Sarikoli8.44
10Tajik Tajikistan AyniTajik_Tajikistan_Ayni8.79

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

1 man with a call

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.

SampleSexDateSiteY-DNAmtDNA
C3316M200 BCE - 50 CEGuanjingtaiR1a R-M459C4