Ancient population · Bronze Age

Spain (Early Bronze Age)

Name: Spain (Early Bronze Age) (Spain_EBA)
Creator: Genoplot

Spain_EBA

Spain (Early Bronze Age) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Spain_EBA), with 23 samples from Spain, dated to c. 2100–1480 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Spain (Middle Bronze Age), Bastida Argar (Bronze Age, Spain) and SE Iberia Valencian (Bronze Age, Spain); the nearest living populations are Basque Navarre North, Basque Gipuzkoa Southwest and Basque Soule.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup R1b (13); its mtDNA haplogroups include J1c (4), U5b (4), K1a (3) and H1 (2).

Period: Bronze Age
Date: c. 2100–1480 BCE
Country: Spain
Sampled near: Galls Carboners 41.08, -1.33
Sites: Galls Carboners (4)
Can Roquetes (3)
El Sotillo (3)
Valdescusa (3)
Castillejo del Bonete (2)
and 8 more
Samples: 23
Published in: OlaldeReichScience2019
AkbariReichNature2026
Catalogue: Spain_EBA

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.

Ancient
#	Population	Distance
1	Spain (Middle Bronze Age)`Spain_MBA`	1.83
2	Bastida Argar (Bronze Age, Spain)`Spain_Bastida_Argar`	2.08
3	SE Iberia Valencian (Bronze Age, Spain)`Spain_SE_Iberia_BA_Valencian`	2.12
4	Almoloya Argar Late (Bronze Age, Spain)`Spain_Almoloya_Argar_Late`	2.14
5	SE Cabezo Redondo (Bronze Age, Spain)`Spain_SE_CabezoRedondo_BA`	2.14
6	La Horna 1d LHO 001 (Bronze Age, Spain)`Spain_LaHorna_BA_1d.LHO001`	2.31
7	Portugal (Middle Bronze Age)`Portugal_MBA`	2.32
8	Spain (Iron Age)`Spain_IA`	2.33
9	Iberia Formentera (Middle Bronze Age)`Iberia_Formentera_MBA`	2.34
10	Formentera (Middle Bronze Age, Spain) · Spain_MBA_Formentera`Spain_MBA_Formentera`	2.34

Modern
#	Population	Distance
1	Basque Navarre North`Basque_Navarre_North`	3.30
2	Basque Gipuzkoa Southwest`Basque_Gipuzkoa_Southwest`	3.62
3	Basque Soule`Basque_Soule`	3.64
4	Basque Spanish`Basque_Spanish`	3.65
5	Basque Gipuzkoa`Basque_Gipuzkoa`	3.72
6	Basque Roncal`Basque_Roncal`	3.84
7	Basque Lower Navarre`Basque_Lower_Navarre`	3.85
8	Basque Navarre Center`Basque_Navarre_Center`	3.89
9	Basque Baztan`Basque_Baztan`	3.90
10	Basque Biscay`Basque_Biscay`	3.92

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

13 men with a call

R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151 6
R1b1a1b R-M269 2
R1b1a1b1a1a2b1 R-Y454442 2
R1b1a1b1a1a2a R-BY3332
R1b1a1b1a1a2a5a R-Y11281
R1b1a1b1a1a2b2b R-CTS9981

mtDNA

20 individuals with a call

Individuals 23

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
`I1310`	F	2000-1400 BCE	Can Roquetes		U5b1c
`I1312_d`	M	2000-1400 BCE	Can Roquetes	R1b1a1b1a1a2a5a R-Y11281
`I1313_d`	F	2000-1400 BCE	Can Roquetes
`I1836`	M	1684-1503 calBCE	Cova del Gegant	R1b1a1b1a1a2b1 R-Y454442	U
`I1840`	M	1613-1450 calBCE	El Sotillo	R1b1a1b1a1a2a R-BY3332	H3ap
`I1977`	F	1613-1450 calBCE	El Sotillo		U5b1
`I2471`	F	1620-1462 calBCE	El Sotillo		K1b1a
`I3485`	F	2300-1900 BCE	Castillejo del Bonete		K1a4a1
`I3490`	F	1850-1150 BCE	La Horra		HV0b
`I3492`	M	1850-1150 BCE	Tordillos	R1b1a1b R-M269	U5b1
`I3494`	M	1928-1747 calBCE	Coveta del Frare	R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151	J1c1b
`I3756`	M	2017-1778 calBCE	Castillejo del Bonete	R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151	H1
`I3997`	M	1874-1544 calBCE	Lloma de Betxí	R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151	K1a2b
`I4559`	M	1700-1500 BCE	Galls Carboners	R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151	J1c1
`I4560`	F	1700-1500 BCE	Galls Carboners		K1a3a
`I4561`	F	1700-1500 BCE	Galls Carboners		H84
`I4562`	F	1741-1613 calBCE	Galls Carboners		H1
`I6470`	M	1746-1540 calBCE	Virgazal	R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151	J1c1
`I6618`	M	1880-1691 calBCE	Humanejos	R1b1a1b R-M269	U5b3
`I8136`	F	1534-1422 calBCE	Cerro de la Virgen		K1b1a1
`VAD001`	M	1872-1547 calBCE	Valdescusa	R1b1a1b1a1a2b2b R-CTS9981
`VAD004`	M	1900-1500 BCE	Valdescusa	R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151	J1c3
`VAD005`	M	1740-1539 calBCE	Valdescusa	R1b1a1b1a1a2b1 R-Y454442	J2b1a2