Etymology:
The designation Sub-Nordic, or more precisely Subnordique, was used by Montandon to designate a central European Nordid altered by Alpinid admixture. The name has also been applied to an eastern European blended type (Deniker).
Other names:
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Origins:
Iron Age Nordid and Alpinid intermediate (either one predominant); in northern regions (the Be-Ne-Lux in particular) it often subsumes an unreduced Upper Palaeolithic Borreby strain.
Description:
The type is variable, and less stabilized than adjacent blends, e.g. Nordid. Consequently, the Sub-Nordid type or gradient occupies various intermediate anthropometric and morphological positions between Nordid and Alpinid.
Illustrations:
Examples from The Races of Europe (Carleton S. Coon 1939):
(North Brabant, (West Flanders, (Bern, Switzerland) (northern France;
Netherlands) Belgium) “Galatian type”)
Celebrity examples:
Calista Flockhart Brigitte Bardot Christopher Lambert Julie Delpy
(USA) (France) (French parents) (France)
Further examples:
(Austria)
Geographical distribution:
Sub-Nordid types are found in great concentrations in Austria, Switzerland, France and adjacent territories – essentially anywhere where Nordid and Alpinid elements are both salient in the population.
Special subtypes:
– Galatian type (a special French variety)
Related or similar types:
– Alpinid
– Keltic Nordid
– Norid
– Walloons type