Ancient population · Iron Age

Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)

Name: Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan) (Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA)
Creator: Genoplot

Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA

Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA), with 3 samples from Kyrgyzstan, dated to c. 460–100 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan, Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan) and Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan); the nearest living populations are Tatar Lipka, Besermyan and Tatar Crimean steppe.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup J2a; its mtDNA haplogroups include A16, U1a and U4a.

Period: Iron Age
Date: c. 460–100 BCE
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Sampled near: Chilpek Burial Grounds 42.30, 76.47
Sites: Chilpek Burial Grounds
Ken-Su #551
Ken-Su #651
Samples: 3
Published in: Gnecchi-RusconeKrauseSciAdv2021
Catalogue: Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA
Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA_o outliers

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	Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan`Saka_Tian_Shan`	1.63
2	Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)`Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka`	1.65
3	Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)`Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA`	1.83
4	Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible`	1.85
5	Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible`	1.91
6	Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA`	2.12
7	Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA`	2.20
8	Xinjiang Wutulan Suodunbulake possible (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA_Suodunbulake_possible`	2.28
9	Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA`	2.42
10	Xinjiang Kuokesuxi (Early Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Kuokesuxi_EIA`	2.47

Modern
#	Population	Distance
1	Tatar Lipka`Tatar_Lipka`	7.14
2	Besermyan`Besermyan`	7.63
3	Tatar Crimean steppe`Tatar_Crimean_steppe`	7.81
4	Pamiri Sarikoli`Pamiri_Sarikoli`	7.87
5	Turkmen`Turkmen`	7.87
6	Tajik Tajikistan Hisor`Tajik_Tajikistan_Hisor`	7.88
7	Turkmen Uzbekistan`Turkmen_Uzbekistan`	8.09
8	Udmurt`Udmurt`	8.09
9	Tatar Kazan`Tatar_Kazan`	8.34
10	Tajik Tajikistan Ayni`Tajik_Tajikistan_Ayni`	8.50

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

1 man with a call

J2a1a1b1 J-Y9354

mtDNA

3 individuals with a call

Individuals 6

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.

Sample	Catalogue entry	Sex	Date	Site	Y-DNA	mtDNA
`CHK005`	`Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA`	F	300 BCE - 100 CE	Chilpek Burial Grounds		U1a
`KEN001`	`Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA`	M	356-116 calBCE	Ken-Su #551	J2a1a1b1 J-Y9354	A16
`KEN002`	`Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA`	F	540-397 calBCE	Ken-Su #651		U4a1a
`CHK003` outlier	`Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA`	F	751-414 calBCE	Chilpek Burial Grounds
`CHK004` outlier	`Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA_o`	M	709-884 calCE	Chilpek Burial Grounds	J2a2a1a J-PF5016	F1b1f
`KEN003` outlier	`Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA`	M	400-1 BCE	Ken-Su #556	R1a1a1 R-M417	G2a3