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Also, Mycenaeans seem to have more "Levant" than the Minoans.
It's been postulated that Phoenicians had trade/contact with the Mycenean world prior to 900 B.C. because of some pottery in Euboea.
They seem to be from a long time before the Phoenician era -> 1613-1503 calBCE GRC_Mycenaean_Lokris_BA
Re-read my post.
Timeline is important. Myceneans were present in Crete before 1450BCE which is roughly when they conquered the Minoan capital of Knossos. Minoans could have easily picked EHG a bit before that.Look at these samples from "The genetic history of the Southern Arc":
What do you think about it?
Timeline is important. Myceneans were present in Crete before 1450BCE which is roughly when they conquered the Minoan capital of Knossos. Minoans could have easily picked EHG a bit before that.
Last time we saw it, it was the opposite. Don't know what to say about this paper anymore. Somehow, it just doesn't click in some cases. Minoans lived in Crete, in the southernmost Aegean island, i find it hard to believe this is the case, first geographically-wise.
What is the source of the table? I don't recall seeing it in the paper. Are those samples available in G25 format?
What is the source of the table? I don't recall seeing it in the paper. Are those samples available in G25 format?
Samples 2-6 are plausible within the “recent”end of that time range. They still paint a picture of very early Mycenean activity in Minoan Crete. The first sample however throws a wrench into everything we think we know. Unless something is wrong with it.
The problem is that a large number of Mycenaean samples didn't have EHG ancestry themselves.
The problem is that a large number of Mycenaean samples didn't have EHG ancestry themselves.
That’s not a big issue really. You can have adopted Minoans into Mycenean families or mixed communities. It’s the first Minoan sample that doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Is this a typo or misread source?
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