Ancient population · Iron Age
Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan
Saka_Tian_Shan
Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Saka_Tian_Shan), with 3 samples from Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan, dated to about 121 BCE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan), Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China) and Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan); the nearest living populations are Tatar Lipka, Besermyan and Tatar Crimean steppe.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups J2a, Q1b and R1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include C4, D4j and T2a.
- Period
- Iron Age
- Date
- about 121 BCE
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Origin
- Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan
- Sampled near
- Uchkun 41.45, 75.49
- Sites
- Uchkun (2)
Kuibysheva 2 - Samples
- 3
- Published in
- DamgaardWillerslevNature2018
- Catalogue
Saka_Tian_ShanSaka_Tian_Shan_ooutliers
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 | Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka | 0.65 |
| 2 | Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible | 1.58 |
| 3 | Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA | 1.63 |
| 4 | Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA | 1.69 |
| 5 | Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible | 1.70 |
| 6 | Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA | 1.86 |
| 7 | Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA | 2.13 |
| 8 | Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA | 2.16 |
| 9 | Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Qiafuqihaishuiku_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible | 2.26 |
| 10 | Xinjiang Wutulan Suodunbulake possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA_Suodunbulake_possible | 2.54 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatar LipkaTatar_Lipka | 7.27 |
| 2 | BesermyanBesermyan | 7.56 |
| 3 | Tatar Crimean steppeTatar_Crimean_steppe | 7.78 |
| 4 | Tajik Tajikistan HisorTajik_Tajikistan_Hisor | 7.96 |
| 5 | UdmurtUdmurt | 7.98 |
| 6 | TurkmenTurkmen | 8.01 |
| 7 | Pamiri SarikoliPamiri_Sarikoli | 8.05 |
| 8 | Turkmen UzbekistanTurkmen_Uzbekistan | 8.27 |
| 9 | Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan | 8.29 |
| 10 | Tajik Tajikistan AyniTajik_Tajikistan_Ayni | 8.69 |
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 | Saka_Tian_Shan | M | 344 calBCE - 10 calCE | Uchkun | Q1b1a3a Q-BZ367 | C4 |
DA49 | Saka_Tian_Shan | M | 376-119 calBCE | Uchkun | R1a1a1 R-M417 | T2a1 |
DA57 | Saka_Tian_Shan | M | 338-1 calBCE | Kuibysheva 2 | J2a1a4b J-Z37595 | D4j8 |
DA50 outlier | Saka_Tian_Shan | F | 650-50 BCE | Uchkun | U5a1d2b | |
DA51 outlier | Saka_Tian_Shan | M | 386-178 calBCE | Uchkun | R1a1a1 R-FT129490 | H2a1 |
DA53 outlier | Saka_Tian_Shan_o | F | 541-266 calBCE | Uchkun | U5a1a1 | |
DA55 outlier | Saka_Tian_Shan | M | 150 calBCE - 67 calCE | Uchkun | R1a1a1 R-M417 | HV6 |
DA56 outlier | Saka_Tian_Shan | M | 193 calBCE - 10 calCE | Utrabat | R1a1a1b2a2a3b R-YP1548 | HV6 |
DA58 outlier | Saka_Tian_Shan | M | 334 calBCE - 3 calCE | Kuibysheva 2 | J2a1a4b J-Z37595 | W1c |