Slavs- The Beginning

A map from the study of the Slovenian archeologist Andrey Pleterski "The Slav's Ethnogenesis Model Based on some of the Latest Research Findings " 1995

The map shows three basic populations from the three archaeological cultures of the 3rd century BC, that participated at the root of Slаvic ethnogenesis:

1. Milograd culture (associated with the southwest Balts)

2. Pomeranian culture (associated with the Proto-Veneti)

3. Jastorf culture of Gubin group (associated with the Germanic Bastarnae) 

In the opinion of the majority of modern linguists, Proto-Slavic language was created by secession from the Western Baltic languages. This opinion is consistent with the archeological model of ethnogenesis of Pleterski, where a settler population of Pomeranian and Jastorf culture, mixed up with part of the Baltic Milograd culture population to form the new population- Proto-Slavic. The archaeological expression of this new population has become Zarubintsy culture.

If we try to explain this model of ethnogenesis of Proto-Slavs by using the Y-DNA haplogroups, in rough terms, we could say that these three cultures brought in the gene pool of Proto-Slavs following haplogroups:

1. Milograd R1a-Z280

2. Pomeranian R1a-M458

3. Jastorf I2a-L621>CTS10228