Corfu : Ionian Islands (Greece)

According to the local tradition Corcyra (Κόρκυρα) was the Homeric island of Scheria (Σχερία), and its earliest inhabitants the Phaeacians (Φαίακες). At a date no doubt previous to the foundation of Syracuse it was peopled by settlers from Corinth. The splendid commercial position of Corcyra on the highway between Greece and the West favoured its rapid growth and, influenced perhaps by the presence of non-Corinthian settlers, its people, quite contrary to the usual practice of Corinthian colonies, maintained an independent and even hostile attitude towards the mother city.




Sample :




Brief anthropological analysis :

- Type 1 : Dark complexion (dark hair yet pale skin), dark eyes, leptomorphic, narrow face, long and arched high-rooted nose, close set eyes, large jaw, pointy chin
~ Dinaromorphic (Eastern) Mediterranean



A classical Greek type (it can also be found amongst Albanians), it is quite prevailing in Corfu. Lighter variants can be found :




- Type 2 : Dark complexion (black hair, ...), brachymorphic, large face, square-box head, rather bulbous forehead, arched nose, close-set eyes, large jaw
~ Dinaricized Alpino-Mediterranean



This type basically constitutes a more brachymorphic variant of type 1, arched noses being the main features. More classical Alpino-Mediterranean phenotypes are found though :



 
Final morphotypes :



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