Post by Hellenas on Dec 15, 2010 7:23:17 GMT -5
Bulgaria.
East of the Illyrians and north of the Macedonians lived, in classical times, the Thracians. The invasions of the South Slavs, however, put an end to what remained of their ethnic identity.
Bulgaria was once Thracian country;
The Bulgarians of the kingdom have heads of moderate size, with a mean length of about 189 mm. and a breadth of 150 mm.; they are comparable in this respect to the longer-headed Greeks.
As with the Greeks, the jaw is wider than the forehead, but both widths are much narrower than with the latter.
The ratio between the two facial indices assumes a Mediterranean position.
So far, the metrical position of the main group of Bulgarians is that of a moderately tall-statured Mediterranean group, with the addition of some brachycephalizing agent in a minor numerical position. The pigmentation of the Bulgars, while lighter than that of the Greeks, is predominantly dark.
The head hair is dark brown or very dark reddish brown in almost the entire group;
Most of the Bulgars have straight nasal profiles;
The Bulgarians are a composite people, with the following racial elements easily discernible:
(a) a medium to tall-statured Atlanto-Mediterranean;
The basic element is the Atlanto-Mediterranean;
Of these varied elements, the first two are the most important, and the first more than the second. The presence of a strongly entrenched Atlanto-Mediterranean population in all of the lowland Balkans south and east of the Iron Gate is becoming increasingly evident. In Bulgaria it is geographically most concentrated along the southern ethnic periphery, and among Bulgarian colonies abroad, as in the Crimea.
The Atlanto-Mediterranean element it may also be sorted out of available statistical series of Greeks.
carnby.altervista.org/troe/12-15.htm
East of the Illyrians and north of the Macedonians lived, in classical times, the Thracians. The invasions of the South Slavs, however, put an end to what remained of their ethnic identity.
Bulgaria was once Thracian country;
The Bulgarians of the kingdom have heads of moderate size, with a mean length of about 189 mm. and a breadth of 150 mm.; they are comparable in this respect to the longer-headed Greeks.
As with the Greeks, the jaw is wider than the forehead, but both widths are much narrower than with the latter.
The ratio between the two facial indices assumes a Mediterranean position.
So far, the metrical position of the main group of Bulgarians is that of a moderately tall-statured Mediterranean group, with the addition of some brachycephalizing agent in a minor numerical position. The pigmentation of the Bulgars, while lighter than that of the Greeks, is predominantly dark.
The head hair is dark brown or very dark reddish brown in almost the entire group;
Most of the Bulgars have straight nasal profiles;
The Bulgarians are a composite people, with the following racial elements easily discernible:
(a) a medium to tall-statured Atlanto-Mediterranean;
The basic element is the Atlanto-Mediterranean;
Of these varied elements, the first two are the most important, and the first more than the second. The presence of a strongly entrenched Atlanto-Mediterranean population in all of the lowland Balkans south and east of the Iron Gate is becoming increasingly evident. In Bulgaria it is geographically most concentrated along the southern ethnic periphery, and among Bulgarian colonies abroad, as in the Crimea.
The Atlanto-Mediterranean element it may also be sorted out of available statistical series of Greeks.
carnby.altervista.org/troe/12-15.htm