Ancient population · Antiquity

Las Carolinas Archaic (Antiquity, Cuba)

Cuba_LasCarolinas_Archaic

Las Carolinas Archaic (Antiquity, Cuba) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Cuba_LasCarolinas_Archaic), with 2 samples from Cuba, dated to c. 210–390 CE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Greater Antilles Archaic, Canimar Abajo Archaic (Medieval, Cuba) and Guayabo Blanco Archaic (Iron Age, Cuba); the nearest living populations are Bolivian La Paz, Aymara and Mixe.

Its mtDNA haplogroups include C1d and D1.

Period
Antiquity
Date
c. 210–390 CE
Country
Cuba
Sampled near
Las Carolinas II 22.98, -81.46
Samples
2
Catalogue
Cuba_LasCarolinas_Archaic

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
1Greater Antilles ArchaicGreater_Antilles_Archaic1.31
2Canimar Abajo Archaic (Medieval, Cuba)Cuba_CanimarAbajo_Archaic1.46
3Guayabo Blanco Archaic (Iron Age, Cuba)Cuba_GuayaboBlanco_Archaic1.78
4Cueva Calero Archaic (Iron Age, Cuba)Cuba_CuevaCalero_Archaic1.85
5Playadel Mango Archaic (Antiquity, Cuba)Cuba_PlayadelMango_Archaic1.92
6Cueva Perico Archaic (Medieval, Cuba)Cuba_CuevaPerico_Archaic1.94
7Laguna Chica (Neolithic, c. 6800 BP)LagunaChica_6800BP2.25
8Belize (Bronze Age, c. 4900 BP)Belize_4900BP2.25
9Las Locas Ceramic (Iron Age, Venezuela)Venezuela_LasLocas_Ceramic2.38
10Colonial Maya (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_Maya2.41
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Bolivian La PazBolivian_LaPaz3.12
2AymaraAymara3.17
3MixeMixe3.45
4PiapocoPiapoco3.48
5CollaColla3.59
6CachiCachi3.71
7YukpaYukpa3.82
8WichiWichi3.88
9PimaPima4.16
10MayanMayan4.20

Haplogroups

mtDNA

2 individuals with a call

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.

SampleSexDateSitemtDNA
CAA001003F129-307 calCELas Carolinas IID1
CAA002F261-430 calCELas Carolinas IIC1d1