Fifteen Neolithic individuals buried at the nearby sites of Volniensky, Vilnianka and Vovnigi from the 6500 BC to 4000 BC were also analyzed. Of the fourteen males analyzed, six carried I2a2 and various subclades of it, four carried I, one carried R1b1xM269, whilst the rest were lower coverage/ unresolved (R1*, I*, IJ*). In regard to mtDNA, all individuals except for a male who carried haplogroup T carried subclades of haplogroup U (U5, U4 and U2). Four Eneolithic individuals buried at Deriivka from ca. 4000 BC to 2700 BC were analyzed. With regard to Y-DNA, the male studied carried R1b1a1a2a2. Regarding mtDNA, three individuals carried subclades of U5, while one female carried J2b1. See also Zvejnieki burial ground Iron Gates Mesolithic Domestication of the horse References Sources J. P. Mallory, "Dereivka", Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. Robert Drews, Early Riders. The Beginning of Mounted Warfare in Asia and Europe, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London, 2004. Ancient peoples Archaeological sites in Ukraine Indo-European archaeological sites Former populated places in Eastern Europe Yekaterinoslav Governorate