Ancient population · Iron Age

Xinjiang Tielieketesai 2 (Iron Age, China)

China_Xinjiang_Tielieketesai_IA_2

Xinjiang Tielieketesai 2 (Iron Age, China) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (China_Xinjiang_Tielieketesai_IA_2), with 1 sample from China, dated to c. 100 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Xinjiang Wulanbuluke (Iron Age, China), Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China) and Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China); the nearest living populations are Tatar Lipka, Besermyan and Tatar Crimean steppe.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup R1a; its mtDNA haplogroup is C4a.

Period
Iron Age
Date
c. 100 BCE
Country
China
Sampled near
Tielieketesai 43.43, 83.26
Samples
1
Published in
KumarFuScience2022
Catalogue
China_Xinjiang_Tielieketesai_IA_2

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 Wulanbuluke (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wulanbuluke_IA2.49
2Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible2.57
3Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.61
4Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_ShanSaka_Tian_Shan2.71
5Alpamsa Alakul (Middle–Late Bronze Age)Alpamsa_MLBA_Alakul2.76
6Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA2.86
7Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA2.95
8Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Qiafuqihaishuiku_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.95
9Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka2.96
10Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA3.11
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Tatar LipkaTatar_Lipka7.00
2BesermyanBesermyan7.18
3Tatar Crimean steppeTatar_Crimean_steppe7.52
4UdmurtUdmurt7.67
5Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan7.84
6BashkirBashkir8.83
7TurkmenTurkmen9.12
8Tajik Tajikistan HisorTajik_Tajikistan_Hisor9.30
9Turkmen UzbekistanTurkmen_Uzbekistan9.38
10Pamiri SarikoliPamiri_Sarikoli9.39

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
C3356M149-59 calBCETielieketesaiR1a1a1 R-Z280C4a1a