An early Celtic presence in what is now Hesse is indicated by a mid 5th century BC La Tène style burial uncovered at Glauberg. The region was later settled by the Germanic Chatti tribe in ca. the 1st century BC, and the name Hesse is a continuation of that tribal name. In the early Middle Ages, a Frankish gau comprising an area around Fritzlar and Kassel and a Saxon one further north were known as Hessengau.
Frankfurt is the main town in Südhessen. Stray archeological finds on the Domhügel go back to the Paleolithic, but the first proven settlement and land development date to the Roman era.
Sample :
Brief anthropological analysis :
- Type 1 : Intermediate complexion, leptomorphic, high-rooted and convex nose, high cheekbones, large jaw and pointy chin
~ Nordo-Dinarid
This type is quite typical to South Germany *. More classical Nordoid or robust Germanic-looking types are to be found as well :
* : The form of the nose, the prominent lower lip, ... might hint to "Armenoid" strains as noticed by Maju. See comments.
- Type 2 : Light, brachymorphic, developed browridges, high and straight forehead, little and straight nose, broad cheekbones, broad jaw, wide-set eyes
~ Alpinoid/Subnordid
Broadly speaking, those Alpinoid subtypes somehow differ from Germany's more archetypal exaggerated Borreby types from the North : here, noses can get convex, complexion can be quite dark (a generic "Bavaro-Austrian" look). Generic Alpino-Meds.
Final morphotypes :
http://anthroeurope.blogspot.ru/2010/01/sudhessen-hesse-germany.html
Frankfurt is the main town in Südhessen. Stray archeological finds on the Domhügel go back to the Paleolithic, but the first proven settlement and land development date to the Roman era.
Sample :
Brief anthropological analysis :
- Type 1 : Intermediate complexion, leptomorphic, high-rooted and convex nose, high cheekbones, large jaw and pointy chin
~ Nordo-Dinarid
This type is quite typical to South Germany *. More classical Nordoid or robust Germanic-looking types are to be found as well :
* : The form of the nose, the prominent lower lip, ... might hint to "Armenoid" strains as noticed by Maju. See comments.
- Type 2 : Light, brachymorphic, developed browridges, high and straight forehead, little and straight nose, broad cheekbones, broad jaw, wide-set eyes
~ Alpinoid/Subnordid
Broadly speaking, those Alpinoid subtypes somehow differ from Germany's more archetypal exaggerated Borreby types from the North : here, noses can get convex, complexion can be quite dark (a generic "Bavaro-Austrian" look). Generic Alpino-Meds.
Final morphotypes :
http://anthroeurope.blogspot.ru/2010/01/sudhessen-hesse-germany.html
