Ancient population · Iron Age
Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)
Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka
Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka), with 4 samples from Kyrgyzstan, dated to c. 260–110 BCE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan, Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China) and Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan); the nearest living populations are Tatar Lipka, Besermyan and Tajik Tajikistan Hisor.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups J2a (2), Q1b and R1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include C4, D4j, T2a and W1c.
- Period
- Iron Age
- Date
- c. 260–110 BCE
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Sampled near
- Kuibysheva 2 41.46, 75.57
- Sites
- Kuibysheva 2 (2)
Uchkun (2) - Samples
- 4
- Published in
- DamgaardWillerslevNature2018
- Catalogue
Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka.SGvariantKyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka_o1.SGoutliersKyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka_o2.SGoutliers
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 | Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_ShanSaka_Tian_Shan | 0.65 |
| 2 | Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA | 1.57 |
| 3 | Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA | 1.65 |
| 4 | Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible | 1.73 |
| 5 | Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA | 1.73 |
| 6 | Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible | 2.06 |
| 7 | Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA | 2.19 |
| 8 | Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA | 2.21 |
| 9 | Xinjiang Wutulan Suodunbulake possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA_Suodunbulake_possible | 2.29 |
| 10 | Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Qiafuqihaishuiku_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible | 2.45 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatar LipkaTatar_Lipka | 7.29 |
| 2 | BesermyanBesermyan | 7.44 |
| 3 | Tajik Tajikistan HisorTajik_Tajikistan_Hisor | 7.63 |
| 4 | Pamiri SarikoliPamiri_Sarikoli | 7.72 |
| 5 | UdmurtUdmurt | 7.94 |
| 6 | Tatar Crimean steppeTatar_Crimean_steppe | 8.07 |
| 7 | Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan | 8.08 |
| 8 | TurkmenTurkmen | 8.09 |
| 9 | Tajik Tajikistan AyniTajik_Tajikistan_Ayni | 8.36 |
| 10 | TajikTajik | 8.40 |
Haplogroups
Individuals 9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DA47_noUDG.SG | Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka.SG | M | 344 calBCE - 10 calCE | Uchkun | Q1b1a3a Q-BZ367 | C4 |
DA49_noUDG.SG | Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka.SG | M | 376-119 calBCE | Uchkun | R1a1a1 R-M417 | T2a1 |
DA57_noUDG.SG | Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka.SG | M | 338-1 calBCE | Kuibysheva 2 | J2a1a4b J-Z37595 | D4j8 |
DA58_noUDG.SG | Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka.SG | M | 334 calBCE - 3 calCE | Kuibysheva 2 | J2a1a4b J-Z37595 | W1c |
DA50_noUDG.SG outlier | Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka.SG | F | 650-50 BCE | Uchkun | U5a1d2b | |
DA51_noUDG.SG outlier | Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka.SG | M | 386-178 calBCE | Uchkun | R1a1a1 R-FT129490 | H2a1 |
DA53_noUDG.SG outlier | Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka_o2.SG | F | 541-266 calBCE | Uchkun | U5a1a1 | |
DA55_noUDG.SG outlier | Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka.SG | M | 150 calBCE - 67 calCE | Uchkun | R1a1a1 R-M417 | HV6 |
DA56_noUDG.SG outlier | Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka_o1.SG | M | 193 calBCE - 10 calCE | Utrabat | R1a1a1b2a2a3b R-YP1548 | HV6 |