Ancient population · Medieval
Levant (Medieval, Lebanon)
Levant_LBN_MA
Levant (Medieval, Lebanon) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Levant_LBN_MA), with 3 samples from South Governorate, Lebanon, dated to about 1248 CE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Lebanon (Medieval), Levant Beirut IAIII (Iron Age) and Ej Jaouze Phoenician (Iron Age, Lebanon); the nearest living populations are Lebanese Orthodox Christian Koura, Lebanese Maronite Christian Zgharta and Lebanese Sunni Muslim Dinniyeh.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups E1b, Q1b and T1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include J1b (2) and J1d.
- Period
- Medieval
- Date
- about 1248 CE
- Country
- Lebanon
- Origin
- South Governorate, Lebanon
- Sampled near
- Sidon 33.56, 35.40
- Samples
- 3
- Published in
- HaberTyler-SmithAJHG2019
- Catalogue
Levant_LBN_MALevant_LBN_MA_o2outliersLevant_LBN_MA_o1outliersLevant_LBN_MA_o3outliersLevant_LBN_MA_o4outliersLevant_LBN_MA_o6outliers
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 | Lebanon (Medieval)Lebanon_Medieval | 0.62 |
| 2 | Levant Beirut IAIII (Iron Age)Levant_Beirut_IAIII | 1.72 |
| 3 | Ej Jaouze Phoenician (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_EjJaouze_Phoenician | 1.79 |
| 4 | Lebanese Christian Greek OrthodoxLebanese_Christian_Greek_Orthodox | 1.91 |
| 5 | Chhim Phoenician (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_Chhim_Phoenician | 1.93 |
| 6 | Lebanese Christian MaroniteLebanese_Christian_Maronite | 2.05 |
| 7 | Levant Roman (Antiquity, Lebanon)Levant_LBN_Roman | 2.07 |
| 8 | IA3 (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_IA3 | 2.13 |
| 9 | Tell Atchana (Middle–Late Bronze Age, Turkey)Turkey_TellAtchana_MLBA | 2.29 |
| 10 | Roman (Antiquity, Lebanon)Lebanon_Roman | 2.32 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanese Orthodox Christian KouraLebanese_Orthodox_Christian_Koura | 1.75 |
| 2 | Lebanese Maronite Christian ZghartaLebanese_Maronite_Christian_Zgharta | 1.99 |
| 3 | Lebanese Sunni Muslim DinniyehLebanese_Sunni_Muslim_Dinniyeh | 2.02 |
| 4 | Lebanese ChristianLebanese_Christian | 2.14 |
| 5 | Palestinian Beit SahourPalestinian_Beit_Sahour | 2.56 |
| 6 | Lebanese DruzeLebanese_Druze | 2.66 |
| 7 | DruzeDruze | 2.69 |
| 8 | AlawiteAlawite | 2.90 |
| 9 | Karaite EgyptKaraite_Egypt | 2.93 |
| 10 | Lebanese Shia Muslim BeirutLebanese_Shia_Muslim_Beirut | 3.12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SI-38 | Levant_LBN_MA | M | 1000-1300 CE | Sidon | E1b1b1a1b2 E-L1250 | J1b4a1 |
SI-42 | Levant_LBN_MA | M | 1159-1283 calCE | Sidon | T1a2 T-Y6033 | J1b1a1 |
SI-45 | Levant_LBN_MA | M | 1222-1280 calCE | Sidon | Q1b2a1a Q-Y6826 | J1d1a1 |
SI-39 outlier | Levant_LBN_MA_o2 | M | 1212-1285 calCE | Sidon | R1b1a1b1a1a2a1b3 R-BY225074 | H5' |
SI-40 outlier | Levant_LBN_MA_o6 | M | 1000-1300 CE | Sidon | R1b1a1b1a1a2a R-SK2109 | U5a1g |
SI-41 outlier | Levant_LBN_MA_o1 | M | 1184-1273 calCE | Sidon | R1b1a1b1a1a2a R-FT66814 | HV0a |
SI-44 outlier | Levant_LBN_MA_o3 | M | 1000-1300 CE | Sidon | J2a1a1a2b2a3b J-CTS900 | HV1b |
SI-47 outlier | Levant_LBN_MA_o2 | M | 1000-1300 CE | Sidon | R1b1a1b1a1a R-FT111242 | H2a5 |
SI-53 outlier | Levant_LBN_MA_o4 | M | 1030-1161 calCE | Sidon | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-Y278410 | T2 |