Ancient population · Medieval
South VA (Medieval)
South_VA
South VA (Medieval) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (South_VA), with 12 samples from Innlandet, Norway, dated to c. 850–1000 CE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Viking (Medieval, Norway), North VA (Medieval) and Viking (Medieval, England); the nearest living populations are Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups R1a (3), R1b (2) and I1; its mtDNA haplogroups include H6a (2), J1b (2), H13a and H1g.
- Period
- Medieval
- Date
- c. 850–1000 CE
- Country
- Norway
- Origin
- Innlandet, Norway
- Sampled near
- Ringsaker nor 60.68, 10.34
- Sites
- Ringsaker nor (2)
Skien nor (2)
Arnestad lille
Arnestad store
Hamar nor
and 5 more - Samples
- 12
- Published in
- MargaryanWillerslevNature2020
- Catalogue
South_VA
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 | Viking (Medieval, Norway)Norway_Viking | 0.68 |
| 2 | North VA (Medieval)North_VA | 1.05 |
| 3 | Viking (Medieval, England)England_Viking | 1.31 |
| 4 | Viking (Medieval, Iceland)Iceland_Viking | 1.40 |
| 5 | Early Viking (Medieval, Denmark)Denmark_EarlyViking | 1.43 |
| 6 | Oxford VA (Medieval, England)England_Oxford_VA | 1.48 |
| 7 | Pre Christian (Iceland)Iceland_Pre_Christian | 1.48 |
| 8 | Netherlands (Middle Bronze Age)Netherlands_MBA | 1.53 |
| 9 | Viking Age Pre Christian (Medieval)Viking_Age_Pre_Christian | 1.57 |
| 10 | Saxon (Early Medieval, England)England_EarlyMedieval_Saxon | 1.62 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NorwegianNorwegian | 1.64 |
| 2 | SwedishSwedish | 1.88 |
| 3 | DanishDanish | 1.99 |
| 4 | IcelandicIcelandic | 2.07 |
| 5 | DutchDutch | 2.60 |
| 6 | ScottishScottish | 2.74 |
| 7 | IrishIrish | 2.79 |
| 8 | OrcadianOrcadian | 2.80 |
| 9 | ShetlandicShetlandic | 2.85 |
| 10 | German HamburgGerman_Hamburg | 3.04 |
Haplogroups
Individuals 12
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.
| Sample | Sex | Date | Site | Y-DNA | mtDNA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VK386 | M | 800-1100 CE | Lesja nor | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a3b R-FGC49409 | J1b1a1 |
VK387 | F | 900-1100 CE | Jevnaker nor | U5a1a1 | |
VK389 | M | 900-1000 CE | Skien nor | R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a R-Z345 | T2b |
VK392 | F | 700-1000 CE | Skien nor | H1g1 | |
VK393 | F | 900-1000 CE | Ringsaker nor | U8a1a | |
VK394 | M | 900-1000 CE | Arnestad store | R1a1a1 R-M417 | H13a1a1a |
VK414 | M | 900-1100 CE | Skjåk nor | R1a1a1 R-M417 | H6a1a |
VK415 | F | 700-1100 CE | Lunner nor | H6a1a | |
VK417 | F | 600-1100 CE | Sandeødegården on Nedre Hov | H7b | |
VK420 | M | 700-1100 CE | Hamar nor | I1 I-L121 | I4a |
VK422 | M | 900-1000 CE | Arnestad lille | R1a1a1 R-Z283 | J1b1a1a |
VK448 | F | 700-1100 CE | Ringsaker nor | H5a2 |