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A woman buried in Russia in the era

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RussiaBronze Age Cis-Baikal, Siberia

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Record

Sample details

Recorded details and available lineage markers.

Individual

Siberia Cis Baikal Ba individual, Russia

Sample ID: irk008

Date Range

1931 BCE - 1749 BCE

Cultural Period

Bronze Age Cis-Baikal, Siberia

Biological Sex

Female

mtDNA Haplogroup

C4a1a3

Y-DNA Haplogroup

Not available

Social Role

Pastoralist (AI estimate, era-typical)

Geography

Location

Where this individual was discovered

Country Russia

Locality Siberian Federal District. Cis-Baikal. Lena River. Silinskij burial site

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Chronology

Date range

When this individual lived in the broader context of human history

Siberia Cis Baikal Ba individual, Russia 1931 BCE - 1749 BCE

Context

Historical context

Background information associated with the reference record.

The Cis-Baikal area (the land around Lake Baikal and its surrounding river systems) provided a landscape of forested zones, steppes and river valleys that influenced where people lived and how they obtained resources. In the Bronze Age, communities in this broad region engaged in farming and animal herding while also participating in wider exchange networks that carried metal and technologies.

Region & Environment

Cis-Baikal environments include river corridors and mixed ecological zones near Lake Baikal. Seasonal water and pasture patterns would have helped structure where settlements were founded and how people timed movement and food production.

Historical Context

The Bronze Age is a period marked by increasing use of metal and the elaboration of regional material traditions. In Cis-Baikal, the historical picture is reconstructed mainly from archaeological phases rather than written records.

Populations & Lifeways

People in this region likely combined herding with agriculture where local conditions permitted, supplemented by hunting and fishing. Lifeways would have been organized around households and seasonal cycles, with specialized crafts emerging as metal use spread.

Archaeology & Material Culture

Bronze Age archaeology in Cis-Baikal commonly focuses on settlements, burials, and artifact assemblages that show metalworking traditions. Metal items, along with pottery styles and stone tools used for everyday tasks, help define regional phases and relationships between communities.

Culture & Society

Social organization is inferred from mortuary practices and the distribution of prestige goods or craft-related items. Differences in burial treatment and artifact sets can reflect group identity, status, and local cultural norms.

Legacy & Transition

Bronze Age developments in craft and exchange provided a foundation for later regional transformations. As metal technologies and interaction patterns continued to evolve, these earlier material traditions helped shape subsequent cultural phases in Cis-Baikal.

Analysis

Genetic comparisons

These comparisons show genetic similarity, not identity or origin. The populations listed are those whose genomes show statistical alignment to this ancient individual.

Similarity reflects shared history, not shared identity. These are analytical comparisons, not claims about who this person was.

Modern Genetic Admixture

This analysis compares the DNA profile with present-day reference populations, showing statistical similarity to modern reference populations from different regions. The excavation site records where this individual was found, not a fixed modern genetic identity.

Asia 94.3%

Northern Asian 74.8%

Siberian 58.9%

Mongolian 15.9%

Chinese & Southeast Asian 11.3%

Tibetan 7.9%

Chinese 3.4%

Japanese & Korean 5.2%

Japanese 5.2%

Central Asian, Northern Indian & Pakistani 3.1%

Central Asian 3.1%

America 4.1%

Native American 4.1%

Africa 0.8%

West African 0.8%

Nigerian 0.8%

Oceania 0.7%

Melanesian 0.7%

Papuan 0.7%

Closest Modern Populations

These are the modern populations showing the closest statistical alignment to A woman buried in Russia in the era, ranked by genetic distance. Lower distance values indicate closer statistical similarity. Cross-region similarity can reflect shared ancestry, population movement, continuity, or later admixture.

Yukagir Tundra

5.7658

Evenk O

6.7688

Yukagir

6.8921

Koryak

7.8191

Itelmen

8.3079

Todzin

8.7654

Dolgan

9.3694

Khamnegan

9.4103

Negidal

9.9234

Evenk

10.0556