Ancient population · Iron Age

Xinjiang Zeketai (Iron Age, China)

Name: Xinjiang Zeketai (Iron Age, China) (China_Xinjiang_Zeketai_IA)
Creator: Genoplot

China_Xinjiang_Zeketai_IA

Xinjiang Zeketai (Iron Age, China) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (China_Xinjiang_Zeketai_IA), with 2 samples from China, dated to c. 70 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Xinjiang Jirentaigoukou (Early Iron Age, China), Xinjiang Jirentaigoukou (Iron Age, China) and Nomad (Iron Age); the nearest living populations are Besermyan, Udmurt and Pamiri Sarikoli.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup R1a (2); its mtDNA haplogroup is R1b (2).

Period: Iron Age
Date: c. 70 BCE
Country: China
Sampled near: Zeketai 43.54, 83.28
Samples: 2
Published in: KumarFuScience2022
Catalogue: China_Xinjiang_Zeketai_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
#	Population	Distance
1	Xinjiang Jirentaigoukou (Early Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Jirentaigoukou_EIA`	1.90
2	Xinjiang Jirentaigoukou (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Jirentaigoukou_IA`	2.39
3	Nomad (Iron Age)`Nomad_IA`	2.50
4	Xinjiang Axile (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Axile_IA`	2.69
5	Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)`Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA`	2.69
6	Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA`	2.78
7	Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)`Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka`	2.81
8	Xinjiang Kuokesuxi (Early Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Kuokesuxi_EIA`	2.85
9	Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan`Saka_Tian_Shan`	3.00
10	Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible`	3.10

Modern
#	Population	Distance
1	Besermyan`Besermyan`	7.39
2	Udmurt`Udmurt`	7.86
3	Pamiri Sarikoli`Pamiri_Sarikoli`	8.01
4	Tatar Lipka`Tatar_Lipka`	8.15
5	Tajik Tajikistan Hisor`Tajik_Tajikistan_Hisor`	8.53
6	Tatar Kazan`Tatar_Kazan`	8.59
7	Tajik Tajikistan Ayni`Tajik_Tajikistan_Ayni`	8.96
8	Tajik`Tajik`	9.05
9	Pamiri Wakhi`Pamiri_Wakhi`	9.08
10	Pamiri Badakhshan`Pamiri_Badakhshan`	9.35

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

2 men with a call

R1a1a1 R-Z645
R1a1a1b2a2 R-Z2124

mtDNA

2 individuals with a call

R1b1 2

Individuals 2

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	Sex	Date	Site	Y-DNA	mtDNA
`C3359`	M	200 BCE - 50 CE	Zeketai	R1a1a1 R-Z645	R1b1
`C3361`	M	200 BCE - 50 CE	Zeketai	R1a1a1b2a2 R-Z2124	R1b1