Ancient population · Medieval

Dorset VA (Medieval, England)

Name: Dorset VA (Medieval, England) (England_Dorset_VA)
Creator: Genoplot

England_Dorset_VA

Dorset VA (Medieval, England) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (England_Dorset_VA), with 10 samples from South West, United Kingdom, dated to c. 1000 CE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Viking (Medieval, England), Oxford VA (Medieval, England) and Hofstadir VA (Medieval); the nearest living populations are Dutch, Norwegian and Scottish.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups R1b (4), R1a (3) and I1; its mtDNA haplogroups include K1a (2), H1c, H1e and H52.

Period: Medieval
Date: c. 1000 CE
Country: United Kingdom
Origin: South West, United Kingdom
Sampled near: Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave 50.67, -2.47
Samples: 10
Published in: MargaryanWillerslevNature2020
Catalogue: England_Dorset_VA

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	Viking (Medieval, England)`England_Viking`	0.97
2	Oxford VA (Medieval, England)`England_Oxford_VA`	1.10
3	Hofstadir VA (Medieval)`Hofstadir_VA`	1.16
4	Drantum Saxon (Medieval, Germany)`Germany_Drantum_Saxon_Medieval`	1.17
5	Kilteasheen Anglo Saxon EMedieval Norman (Medieval, Ireland)`Ireland_Kilteasheen_AngloSaxon_EMedieval_Norman`	1.25
6	Pre Christian (Iceland)`Iceland_Pre_Christian`	1.26
7	Dunum Saxon (Medieval, Germany)`Germany_Dunum_Saxon_Medieval`	1.27
8	Schleswig Saxon LMedieval (Medieval, Germany)`Germany_Schleswig_Saxon_LMedieval`	1.36
9	England (Early Medieval)`England_EarlyMedieval`	1.37
10	England (Late Bronze Age)`England_LBA`	1.37

Modern
#	Population	Distance
1	Dutch`Dutch`	1.45
2	Norwegian`Norwegian`	1.61
3	Scottish`Scottish`	1.63
4	Orcadian`Orcadian`	1.67
5	Danish`Danish`	1.69
6	Irish`Irish`	1.86
7	Welsh`Welsh`	1.92
8	Icelandic`Icelandic`	2.00
9	English`English`	2.00
10	Shetlandic`Shetlandic`	2.11

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

10 men with a call

R1a1a1 R-Y310155 3
R1b1a1b1a1a R-S3207 2
I1 I-L121
I1a3a I-S2078
Q1b2b1 Q-L527
R1b1a1b1a1a2a R-Y227154
R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-Y126199

mtDNA

10 individuals with a call

Individuals 10

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
`VK256`	M	950-1050 CE	Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave	R1a1a1 R-Y310155	H1c7
`VK257`	M	950-1050 CE	Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave	I1 I-L121	H5a1c1a
`VK258`	M	950-1050 CE	Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave	R1a1a1 R-YP1395	K1a4a1
`VK259`	M	950-1050 CE	Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave	R1b1a1b1a1a R-S3207	I2
`VK260`	M	950-1050 CE	Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave	Q1b2b1 Q-L527	H1e1a
`VK261`	M	950-1050 CE	Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave	R1b1a1b1a1a R-FT25359	H52
`VK262`	M	950-1050 CE	Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave	I1a3a I-S2078	J1c4
`VK263`	M	950-1050 CE	Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave	R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-Y126199	K1a4d
`VK264`	M	950-1050 CE	Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave	R1a1a1 R-YP1187	N1a1a1a2
`VK449`	M	950-1050 CE	Ridgeway Hill Mass Grave	R1b1a1b1a1a2a R-Y227154	H6a2a