Mediterranean reemergence in Great Britain

[Loki]

Von Braun, this thread is especially for you to observe, since you have asked me countless times about what the Mediterraneans in Britain look like. Here are a few excellent British Med examples from Coon's Races of Europe:

Plate 25
THE MEDITERRANEAN REEMERGENCE IN GREAT BRITAIN

The Atlanto-Mediterraneans were not the only members of the Mediterranean stock to invade Great Britain; smaller Mediterraneans are commonest in Wales and in the former Cymric territory which stretches from the Midlands to Glasgow. With the rise of the industrial revolution, the population increased greatly in these two last named regions, which became the most heavily industrialized areas in Britain; hence the Mediterranean increment in the British population has risen during the last century and a half.


FIG. 1 (3 views). A Lancastrian from Blackburn, a slender, delicaltely built Mediterranean with an extremely narrow nose and mandible. He represents a characteristic Midlands type.

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FIG. 2 (3 views). A metrically similar New Englander from a Massachusetts coastal city, of Colonial Yankee lineage. He represents, a reemergence or survival within the New England stock of the same British Mediterranean element.

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FIG. 3 (3 views). A Welshman from the neighborhood of Cardiff. An absolutely great head length, a heavier facial structure, and a less leptorrhine nose form indicate a different Mediterranean sub-type from the two above.

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FIG. 3 (3 views). A Mediterranean Scotsman from Paisley; typical of the industrial
population of the Glasgow district.

[Allenson]

I've never understood why Coon included the third gentleman in his "Mediterranean Reemergence in Great Britain" category. This Welshman, to me anyway, looks nothing at all like the other three gracile and delicate individuals. To me, he would have been better sutied in the "Paleolithic Survivals" class.

Also, I see a fair bit of Keltic influence in the other three....especially the first and last individuals shown.

[Tore]

Also, I see a fair bit of Keltic influence in the other three....espercially the first and last individuals shown.

I agree.

The first individuals thin lips and recessive forehead suggest a Keltic influence.

It would be interesting to know what the fellow's pigmentation is, as that could be what lead Coon to believe that he is predominately Atlanto-Mediterranean.

[Allenson]

Originally posted by Trønder
I agree.

The first individuals thin lips and recessive forehead suggest a Keltic influence.

It would be interesting to know what the fellow's pigmentation is, as that could be what lead Coon to believe that he is predominately Atlanto-Mediterranean.

I have the book at home and I can look tonight as to what they have listed for hair and eye color.

The forehead says "Keltic!" to me as well.

[Louky]

Probably, in the first example it is the nose and mandible as well as color, that makes him an Atlanto-Mediterranean. Perhaps he is also a good example of an iron-age Celt. I can imagine his profile on Roman coinage from the Republic.

[Conquistador]

Another example of a British Mediterranean is the actress Julie Cox.

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Starring In "Children of Dune".