Ancient population · Bronze Age
England (Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age)
England_C_EBA
England (Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (England_C_EBA), with 29 samples from South West England, United Kingdom, dated to c. 2190–1530 BCE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Netherlands (Middle Bronze Age), Bell Beaker (Bronze Age, England) and Unetice (Early Bronze Age, Czech); the nearest living populations are Norwegian, Icelandic and Danish.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups R1b (14) and I2a; its mtDNA haplogroups include K1a (3), U5a (3), H5c (2) and J1c (2).
- Period
- Bronze Age
- Date
- c. 2190–1530 BCE
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Origin
- South West England, United Kingdom
- Sampled near
- Amesbury Down 52.41, -1.21
- Sites
- Amesbury Down (4)
3 Barrow Sites (3)
Thanet (3)
Langtoft (2)
Barrow Hills
and 14 more - Samples
- 29
- Published in
- PattersonReichNature2021
OlaldeReichNature2018 - Catalogue
England_C_EBA
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.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (Middle Bronze Age)Netherlands_MBA | 1.17 |
| 2 | Bell Beaker (Bronze Age, England)England_BellBeaker | 1.21 |
| 3 | Unetice (Early Bronze Age, Czech)Czech_EBA_Unetice | 1.36 |
| 4 | England (Middle Bronze Age)England_MBA | 1.37 |
| 5 | Ireland (Bronze Age)IRL_BA | 1.44 |
| 6 | Czech (Early Bronze Age)Czech_EBA | 1.48 |
| 7 | Bell Beaker (Bronze Age, Netherlands)Netherlands_BellBeaker | 1.67 |
| 8 | Unetice (Chalcolithic)Unetice_C | 1.69 |
| 9 | Scotland (Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age)Scotland_C_EBA | 1.70 |
| 10 | Unetice (Early Bronze Age, Germany)Germany_EBA_Unetice | 1.72 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NorwegianNorwegian | 2.37 |
| 2 | IcelandicIcelandic | 2.58 |
| 3 | DanishDanish | 2.68 |
| 4 | IrishIrish | 2.73 |
| 5 | OrcadianOrcadian | 2.75 |
| 6 | SwedishSwedish | 2.83 |
| 7 | ScottishScottish | 2.86 |
| 8 | ShetlandicShetlandic | 3.05 |
| 9 | Czech ModernCzech_Modern | 3.06 |
| 10 | DutchDutch | 3.11 |
Haplogroups
Y-DNA
15 men with a call
- R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-L21 7
- R1b1a1b R-M269 2
- I2a1b1a1a1 I-BY166007
- R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151
- R1b1a1b1a1a2 R-Y86989
- R1b1a1b1a1a2c R-S461
- R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a3b R-A286
- R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a6a R-YFS444730
Individuals 29
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I12786 | M | 2289-2052 calBCE | Lechlade Memorial Hall/Skate Park | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-L21 | J1c2 |
I14543 | F | 2450-1600 BCE | Ditchling Road | K1a4a1g | |
I14553 | M | 1954-1749 calBCE | Roedean Crescent | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-L21 | H5c |
I16395 | F | 2400-1600 BCE | 3 Barrow Sites | U5b1 | |
I16396 | F | 2400-1600 BCE | 3 Barrow Sites | K1a4a1 | |
I16400 | M | 2400-1500 BCE | 3 Barrow Sites | R1b1a1b1a1a2c R-S461 | U3a1 |
I16424 | F | 2285-2036 calBCE | Harlyn Bay | R1b | |
I18606 | M | 1919-1742 calBCE | East Coast Pipeline | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-L21 | K1b1a1 |
I20997 | M | 2450-1800 BCE | Birkrigg Common | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a3b R-A286 | X2b4a |
I2421 | M | 1935-1751 calBCE | Hasting Hill | R1b1a1b R-M269 | U5a1a2a |
I2457 | M | 2201-2029 calBCE | Amesbury Down | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-L21 | I4a |
I2461 | F | 2150-1900 BCE | Porton | H5c | |
I2463 | F | 1930-1701 calBCE | Thanet | J1c3 | |
I2566 | M | 2267-2036 calBCE | Amesbury Down | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a6a R-YFS444730 | K1b1a1 |
I2597 | M | 2276-2033 calBCE | Amesbury Down | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-L21 | U5a2c3a |
I2598 | M | 2139-1950 calBCE | Amesbury Down | R1b1a1b R-M269 | H |
I2601 | F | 1960-1747 calBCE | Thanet | U5a1b1a | |
I2602 | M | 1892-1699 calBCE | Thanet | R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151 | U5b2b |
I2604 | F | 2272-2032 calBCE | Barton-Stacey Pipeline | H2a3 | |
I2609 | F | 2026-1769 calBCE | Hexham Golf Course | K2a | |
I2618 | M | 2137-1950 calBCE | Reaverhill | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-L21 | H1bs |
I5377 | South West England, United Kingdom | ||||
I5441 | South West England, United Kingdom | ||||
I6777 | M | 2200-1950 BCE | Wilsford | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-L21 | U4b1b2 |
I7569 | F | 1615-1453 calBCE | Langtoft | K1a1b1 | |
I7570 | M | 1736-1534 calBCE | Langtoft | R1b1a1b1a1a2 R-Y86989 | T2b4 |
I7573 | F | 1625-1507 calBCE | Fordham | H1 | |
I7635 | F | 2196-1976 calBCE | Windmill Fields | H1c | |
I7638 | M | 2288-1776 calBCE | Barrow Hills | I2a1b1a1a1 I-BY166007 | V10b |