rms2
07-07-2017, 07:39 PM
I did not notice this at first, since I am usually pretty fixated on y-dna results, but my own mtDNA haplogroup, U5a2c3a, which I would not describe as just super common, shows up twice in Bell Beaker results in the recent Olalde et al paper, The Beaker Phenomenon and the Genomic Transformation of Northwest Europe (http://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/05/09/135962).
Samples I1382 and I2455 both belong to mtDNA haplogroup U5a2c3a.
I1382, a male, y-dna R1b-P312, from the Olalde et al Supplementary Info, pages 11-12:
Mondelange - PAC de la Sente (Moselle, France)
Contact person: Arnaud Lefebvre and Michiel Gazenbeek
This site is located in the Moselle valley, about 20 km north of the town of Metz. It was found during a rescue excavation in 2007 that uncovered 25 burials, nine of them dated to the later Bell Beaker tradition or to the transition to the Bronze Age.
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Burial 515 (I1382): The grave has a rectangular shape, with a flat bottom and a west-east orientation. Three of the corners show semicircular digging that probably contained posts of 25 cm in diameter. The grave measures 2.4 m long and 1.3 m wide and is 0.8 meters deep. The filling is made of brownish sandy silt containing small pebbles. The individual was an adult male lying of his left side, facing west. The upper limbs are flexed, with the right hand over the left humerus and the left hand placed in front of the face. The lower limbs are also flexed with the knees oriented to the north. Genetic data indicate that this individual is a second-degree relative of I1381. There are numerous funerary elements within this grave. A stone wristguard is placed next to the left shoulder. Two vessels are placed close to the feet, one near the axis of the body and the other one next to the south wall. One flint arrow point was found between both vessels, at 10 centimeters over the bottom of the pit. The two beakers, one decorated and the other not - with a peculiar morphology - suggest an evolved, late Bell Beaker phase, with oriental influences. The radiocarbon date from this skeleton is:
I1382/3-Grave515: 2435–2136 calBCE (3805±35 BP, GrA-4468)
I2455, a female, from the Olalde et al Supplementary Info, page 44:
Over Narrows (Needingworth Quarry, Cambridgeshire, England)
Contact person: Christopher Evans
A small Beaker cemetery underlay a Collared Urn-associated Bronze Age round barrow (part of the Low Grounds barrow-group), located on one of the mid-stream Over Narrows ridges where the River Great Ouse debouches into the fenland marshes. Its main series of burials occurred within a deep pit-grave. First was F.1080 (Skeleton 5487, I2454), an adult female, 18–25 years of age. Lying crouched on her right side (head to the north), she had a jet bead necklace and a Beaker placed by her head. The pit-grave had, thereafter, been recut and an adult female, over 40 years old (F.1079, Skeleton 5486, I2455), was interred in a tightly crouched position with her head to the west. Both females were successfully analyzed for ancient DNA.
Two infants were inserted into the feature’s upper profile, with a third laid out within a discreet pit beside (F.1074 & F.1075). Off to one side was a separate burial, F.1068 (Skeleton 5451), a young female adult of 17–20yrs. Lying crouched on her right side (head to the northwest), she was accompanied by a fineware Beaker.
We obtained genome-wide ancient DNA data from two individuals:
I2454/OVE08 feature F.1080 skeleton 5487: 2200–1980 calBCE (3703±28 BP, OxA-24595)
I2455/OVE08, feature F.1079 skeleton 5486: 2130–1910 calBCE (3631±28 BP, OxA-2459)
The female is especially interesting, since theoretically she could be my ancestor. I'm not saying she is, but, although unlikely, it is possible.
I was looking forward to the Olalde et al raw data before for the additional y-dna information. Now I am also looking forward to it to see how closely these two match me on mtDNA.
Samples I1382 and I2455 both belong to mtDNA haplogroup U5a2c3a.
I1382, a male, y-dna R1b-P312, from the Olalde et al Supplementary Info, pages 11-12:
Mondelange - PAC de la Sente (Moselle, France)
Contact person: Arnaud Lefebvre and Michiel Gazenbeek
This site is located in the Moselle valley, about 20 km north of the town of Metz. It was found during a rescue excavation in 2007 that uncovered 25 burials, nine of them dated to the later Bell Beaker tradition or to the transition to the Bronze Age.
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Burial 515 (I1382): The grave has a rectangular shape, with a flat bottom and a west-east orientation. Three of the corners show semicircular digging that probably contained posts of 25 cm in diameter. The grave measures 2.4 m long and 1.3 m wide and is 0.8 meters deep. The filling is made of brownish sandy silt containing small pebbles. The individual was an adult male lying of his left side, facing west. The upper limbs are flexed, with the right hand over the left humerus and the left hand placed in front of the face. The lower limbs are also flexed with the knees oriented to the north. Genetic data indicate that this individual is a second-degree relative of I1381. There are numerous funerary elements within this grave. A stone wristguard is placed next to the left shoulder. Two vessels are placed close to the feet, one near the axis of the body and the other one next to the south wall. One flint arrow point was found between both vessels, at 10 centimeters over the bottom of the pit. The two beakers, one decorated and the other not - with a peculiar morphology - suggest an evolved, late Bell Beaker phase, with oriental influences. The radiocarbon date from this skeleton is:
I1382/3-Grave515: 2435–2136 calBCE (3805±35 BP, GrA-4468)
I2455, a female, from the Olalde et al Supplementary Info, page 44:
Over Narrows (Needingworth Quarry, Cambridgeshire, England)
Contact person: Christopher Evans
A small Beaker cemetery underlay a Collared Urn-associated Bronze Age round barrow (part of the Low Grounds barrow-group), located on one of the mid-stream Over Narrows ridges where the River Great Ouse debouches into the fenland marshes. Its main series of burials occurred within a deep pit-grave. First was F.1080 (Skeleton 5487, I2454), an adult female, 18–25 years of age. Lying crouched on her right side (head to the north), she had a jet bead necklace and a Beaker placed by her head. The pit-grave had, thereafter, been recut and an adult female, over 40 years old (F.1079, Skeleton 5486, I2455), was interred in a tightly crouched position with her head to the west. Both females were successfully analyzed for ancient DNA.
Two infants were inserted into the feature’s upper profile, with a third laid out within a discreet pit beside (F.1074 & F.1075). Off to one side was a separate burial, F.1068 (Skeleton 5451), a young female adult of 17–20yrs. Lying crouched on her right side (head to the northwest), she was accompanied by a fineware Beaker.
We obtained genome-wide ancient DNA data from two individuals:
I2454/OVE08 feature F.1080 skeleton 5487: 2200–1980 calBCE (3703±28 BP, OxA-24595)
I2455/OVE08, feature F.1079 skeleton 5486: 2130–1910 calBCE (3631±28 BP, OxA-2459)
The female is especially interesting, since theoretically she could be my ancestor. I'm not saying she is, but, although unlikely, it is possible.
I was looking forward to the Olalde et al raw data before for the additional y-dna information. Now I am also looking forward to it to see how closely these two match me on mtDNA.