Table 1 Samples analyzed.

From: Complete mitochondrial sequences from Mesolithic Sardinia

Sample ID

14C Age (BCE)

nt covered at least at 3-fold coverage (% of mtDNA)

Average fragment lenght

C to T misincorporation at 5′-end (%)

Contamination estimate (95% CI)

Hg

CAR-H3

7938–7525

13,730 (82.88%)

72.74

N/A

N/A

N/A

CAR-H7

8227–7596

16,527 (99.75%)

62.59

34.45

0.9–7.3%

J2b1

CAR-H8

9124–7851

16,446 (99.24%)

53.09

43.18

0.4–5.9%

I3

CI = credibility interval

  1. For each sample, radiocarbon date, the percentage of mtDNA covered at least at 3-fold coverage, average fragment length, deamination at 5′-end, contamination estimate and mitochondrial haplogroup are reported.