Borreby
- common
- occasional
- rare
Description
Ancient Northern European variety. Named after some of the Neolithic Borreby skulls of Denmark (not all!). Some emphasised resemblance with Cro-Magnons. Similar to Faelid, but shorter-skulled with East Baltid and Alpinid tendencies. Most common in Denmark, South Norway (Jæren), and North Germany (esp. Fehmarn). Extends to the Baltic region, Britain, Italy, and Montenegro.
Physical traits
Pale to fair skin, straight or wavy blonde, sometimes red or brown hair, blue or mixed eyes. Tall, meso- macroskelic, mesomorph to endomorph with a heavy bone structure. Mildly brachycephalic, with an extraordinary large head. Leptorrhine, straight, sometimes concave nose. Face roundish and robust, forehead high.
Literature
Named and defined by Coon (1939) as a common Upper Paleolithic type, used by Birket-Smith (1940). Schwidetzky (1974) regards it a broader-skulled Faelid. Broader-skulled Dalics were also adressed by Vallois (1943, 1971). Part of Montandon's (1933) Subnordid. Often solely a prehistoric type (Charles, 1960; Saller, 1962) with few recombinations in modern East Baltids (Saller, 1949) or Alpinids (Hooton, 1946). Resembles Cheboksarov's (1961) West Baltic.
