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. 2019 Oct 9;286(1912):20191528. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1528

Table 1.

Information on the 11 ancient individuals investigated in this study, including radiocarbon dates, average read length, average genome coverage, average mtDNA coverage, mtDNA and Y-chromosome haplogroups, biological sex, and contamination estimates based on mtDNA and on the X-chromosome in males.

sample site/grave country context date cal BCE (95% CI) Av. RL nu cov MT cov MT hg Y hg biol sex cont est MT (%) cont est X (%)
ber1 Bergsgraven Sweden BAC 2620–2470 84.5 3.24 1344 U4c1a R1a-Z283 XY 0.19 0.80
ber2 Bergsgraven Sweden BAC 2640–2480 74.4 0.48 443 N1a1a1a1 XX 0.26
oll007 Ölljsö Sweden Megalithica 2860–2500 77.4 1.24 86 H1c XX 0.44
oll009 Ölljsö Sweden Megalithica 1930–1750 99.7 1.01 325 H6a1b3 n.a. XY 1.97 0.32
oll010 Öllsjö Sweden Megalithica 1880–1660 87.7 0.26 96 X2b11 XX 1.83
kar1 Karlova Estonia CWC 2440–2140 61.9 2.35 2481 H1f1a XX 0.79
ajv54 Ajvide Sweden PWC 2900–2680 89.3 0.91 510 U5b1d2 n.a. XY 1.24 0.58
ros3 Rössberga Sweden FBC 3330–2930 64.1 0.37 30 K1b1a1 XX 0.40
ros5 Rössberga Sweden FBC 3090–2920 97.9 0.85 106 J1c5 IJ-M429* XY 0.19 0.28
poz44 Obłaczkowo Poland CWC 2870–2580 86.6 0.11 253 U3a'c XX 0.29
poz81 Obłaczkowo Poland CWC 2880–2630 84.4 1.87 172 U4b1b2 R1a-M417 XY 1.32 1.15

aMegalithic contexts mean that the individuals are from the FBC-associated megalithic tomb, but constitute secondary burials and have radiocarbon dates associated with the BAC time period (oll007) or the Scandinavian Late Neolithic and Bronze Age (oll009 and oll010).