Ancient population · Bronze Age
SE Gaziantep (Bronze Age)
SE_Gaziantep_BA
SE Gaziantep (Bronze Age) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (SE_Gaziantep_BA), with 1 sample from Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey, dated to c. 2220 BCE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to IA3 (Iron Age, Lebanon), Levant Sidon (Middle Bronze Age) and Roman (Antiquity, Lebanon); the nearest living populations are Lebanese Orthodox Christian Koura, Lebanese Christian and Lebanese Maronite Christian Zgharta.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup R1b; its mtDNA haplogroup is U3c.
- Period
- Bronze Age
- Date
- c. 2220 BCE
- Country
- Turkey
- Origin
- Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey
- Sampled near
- Tilbeşar Höyük 36.87, 37.54
- Samples
- 1
- Published in
- LazaridisReichNature2025
- Catalogue
SE_Gaziantep_BA
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 | IA3 (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_IA3 | 4.08 |
| 2 | Levant Sidon (Middle Bronze Age)Levant_Sidon_MBA | 4.10 |
| 3 | Roman (Antiquity, Lebanon)Lebanon_Roman | 4.16 |
| 4 | SE Kilis (Middle Bronze Age)SE_Kilis_MBA | 4.18 |
| 5 | Levant Beirut IAIII (Iron Age)Levant_Beirut_IAIII | 4.18 |
| 6 | Ebla (Early–Middle Bronze Age, Syria)Syria_Ebla_EMBA | 4.21 |
| 7 | Tell Atchana (Middle–Late Bronze Age, Turkey)Turkey_TellAtchana_MLBA | 4.24 |
| 8 | Lebanon (Middle Bronze Age)Lebanon_MBA | 4.33 |
| 9 | Alalakh (Middle–Late Bronze Age, Turkey)Turkey_Alalakh_MLBA | 4.37 |
| 10 | Levant Roman (Antiquity, Lebanon)Levant_LBN_Roman | 4.40 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanese Orthodox Christian KouraLebanese_Orthodox_Christian_Koura | 4.49 |
| 2 | Lebanese ChristianLebanese_Christian | 4.52 |
| 3 | Lebanese Maronite Christian ZghartaLebanese_Maronite_Christian_Zgharta | 4.57 |
| 4 | Palestinian Beit SahourPalestinian_Beit_Sahour | 4.60 |
| 5 | Lebanese Sunni Muslim DinniyehLebanese_Sunni_Muslim_Dinniyeh | 4.60 |
| 6 | SamaritanSamaritan | 4.70 |
| 7 | Lebanese DruzeLebanese_Druze | 5.10 |
| 8 | DruzeDruze | 5.26 |
| 9 | AlawiteAlawite | 5.54 |
| 10 | Lebanese Shia Muslim BeirutLebanese_Shia_Muslim_Beirut | 5.65 |
Haplogroups
Individuals 1
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.