Post by ProdigalSon on Dec 12, 2003 8:31:02 GMT -5
The term "Northern Pontic" was coined by Viktor Valerianovich Bunak in reference to a mesocephalic, relatively depigmented, leptoprosopic, leptorhine and rather thick-lipped type of Mediterranoid affinities, which inhabits much of Southern Russia, and predominates in Southeast Russia. Other names for this type include 'the Ryazan type' and the 'Eastern Great Russian type'. G. F. Debetz, the anthropologist who first gave an adequate description of this type, believed that the Mediterranoid types of the Black Sea coast were genetically linked to the Nordoid types of Scandinavia. He asserted that the Eastern Great Russian type was an intermediate between the Nordic and Southern Pontic type, but closer to the Nordic, on account of its relatively high cephalic index, and relatively light pigmentation.[1]. Carlton Stevens Coon described the Eastern Great Russian/Northern Pontic type as "essentially Nordic."[2]
Description of the Northern Pontic race:[3]
Stature: 167.7 cm.
Hair form (% of wavy hair): 47.4
Facial Hair Growth: strong (2.80/5.00)
% fair hairs (#9-26 on Fischer scale): 15
% pure light eyes (9-12 on Bunak eye color scale): 39.5
Head Lenght: 192.2 mm
Head breadth: 151.3 mm
Cephalic Index: 78.8
Slope of Forehead: high (2.47/3.00)
Browridge Development: weak (1.65/3.00)
Bizygomatic Diameter: 140.3 mm
Morphological Facial Height: 124. 9 mm
Morphological Facial Index: 89.1
Horizontal Facial Profile: strong (2.60/3.00)
Nasal Index (measured from the eyebrows) 65.1
Nasion Height: Medium (2.34/3.00)
% concave nasal profiles: 12.9
% convex nasal profiles: 20.0
There is of course, considerable regional variation within the Northern Pontic race. For example, Don-Sursk Russians, who belong to the Northern Pontic race, have 50% pure light eyes and 29% fair hair.[4]
The Northern Pontic race is forms a very important element among Russians (the Don-Sursk tpye of the Northern Pontic race is the 3rd most common among ethnic Russians[5]). It is also a very important element among the Mordva, and is found as a minority element among the Tatars and Chuvashis. [6]
Sources:
1. Mark, Karin Julisovna, Ethnic Anthropology of the Mordva. Published in Questions Concerning the Ethnic History of the Mordvinian People, a monograph realeased by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow, 1960. p. 119, par. 6 - p. 12p, par. 1.
2. Coon, Carleton Stevens, The Races of Europe, Chapter XII, Section 9. Available online here.
3. Mark, Karin Julisovna, Ethnic Anthropology of the Mordva. Published in Questions Concerning the Ethnic History of the Mordvinian People, a monograph realeased by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow, 1960.Table 28. p. 179,
4. Bunak, Viktor Valerianovich et al, Origins and Ethnic History of the Russian People According to Anthropological Data, Table 51, p. 226. Moscow 1965, Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
5. Ibid, p. 271, par. 7.
6. Mark, Karin Julisovna, Ethnic Anthropology of the Mordva. Published in Questions Concerning the Ethnic History of the Mordvinian People, a monograph realeased by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow, 1960
Examples of the Northern Pontic race.
Russians:
(classified by Coon as "Nordic")
Chuvash (classified by Coon as "Nordic"):
Edit: Dienekes, I got the pictures hosted on geocities.
Description of the Northern Pontic race:[3]
Stature: 167.7 cm.
Hair form (% of wavy hair): 47.4
Facial Hair Growth: strong (2.80/5.00)
% fair hairs (#9-26 on Fischer scale): 15
% pure light eyes (9-12 on Bunak eye color scale): 39.5
Head Lenght: 192.2 mm
Head breadth: 151.3 mm
Cephalic Index: 78.8
Slope of Forehead: high (2.47/3.00)
Browridge Development: weak (1.65/3.00)
Bizygomatic Diameter: 140.3 mm
Morphological Facial Height: 124. 9 mm
Morphological Facial Index: 89.1
Horizontal Facial Profile: strong (2.60/3.00)
Nasal Index (measured from the eyebrows) 65.1
Nasion Height: Medium (2.34/3.00)
% concave nasal profiles: 12.9
% convex nasal profiles: 20.0
There is of course, considerable regional variation within the Northern Pontic race. For example, Don-Sursk Russians, who belong to the Northern Pontic race, have 50% pure light eyes and 29% fair hair.[4]
The Northern Pontic race is forms a very important element among Russians (the Don-Sursk tpye of the Northern Pontic race is the 3rd most common among ethnic Russians[5]). It is also a very important element among the Mordva, and is found as a minority element among the Tatars and Chuvashis. [6]
Sources:
1. Mark, Karin Julisovna, Ethnic Anthropology of the Mordva. Published in Questions Concerning the Ethnic History of the Mordvinian People, a monograph realeased by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow, 1960. p. 119, par. 6 - p. 12p, par. 1.
2. Coon, Carleton Stevens, The Races of Europe, Chapter XII, Section 9. Available online here.
3. Mark, Karin Julisovna, Ethnic Anthropology of the Mordva. Published in Questions Concerning the Ethnic History of the Mordvinian People, a monograph realeased by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow, 1960.Table 28. p. 179,
4. Bunak, Viktor Valerianovich et al, Origins and Ethnic History of the Russian People According to Anthropological Data, Table 51, p. 226. Moscow 1965, Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
5. Ibid, p. 271, par. 7.
6. Mark, Karin Julisovna, Ethnic Anthropology of the Mordva. Published in Questions Concerning the Ethnic History of the Mordvinian People, a monograph realeased by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow, 1960
Examples of the Northern Pontic race.
Russians:
(classified by Coon as "Nordic")Chuvash (classified by Coon as "Nordic"):
Edit: Dienekes, I got the pictures hosted on geocities.
