Maremne : Landes (Gascogne)
Final morphotypes Maremne : Landes (Gascogne) :
Sauveterre-de-Béarn : Béarn (Gascogne)
Maremne (from Latin maritimu) is a former viscounty which extended over the former delta of the Adour river which has now disappeared after the town of Bayonne managed to "hijack" the mouth of the river and had an artificial mouth built in its vicinity. Its main town is Capbreton, the last Gascon port before kilometres of dunes ending in Arcachon. Basque toponymy remains rather obvious : Tyrosse, Josse (formerly Aiossa), Tosse (formerly Atossa), Hossegor, Seignosse (formerly Sinossa), ... and other disappeared placenames such as Oroch or Orgossa. Interestingly enough, Pyrenean law was the main law in Maremne.
Gascon-speaking lands
- Type 1 :
Intermediate complexion (from dark to blonde hair, frequent light eyes, ...), leptomorphic, convex and long nose rather parallel to the face, close-set eyes, lop ears, pointy chin, large jaw
~ Dinaricized Atlanto-Mediterranean
Unsurprisingly enough, the sample is dominated by Gascon types exhibiting very ethnic features : triangle-shaped head, long and convex nose, high cheekbones, ... More brachymorphic types are to be found.
Eventually, one has to notice the existence of a specific coastal Landais type - that could be labelled as Atlantid - characterized by a light complexion (blue eyes, blonde or chestnut hair, ...) and robusticity (puffier features, larger face, ...).
Type 2 :
Intermediate complexion (from chustnet to dark hair, green-grey eyes, ...), brachymorphic, rounded head, little puffy nose, narrow and wide-set eyes
~ Alpinoid
Alpinoid types are rather rare in that sample : one can notice that very same trend towards light types but that's nothing systematic. High cheekbones seem to be a rather widespread feature once more.
Sauveterre-de-Béarn : Béarn (Gascogne)
The area of Sauveterre was probably the last Béarnaise area to be romanized : nowadays, major placenames still are clearly Basque (Burgaronne, Barraute, Munein, Usquain, ...). The town of Sauveterre controls the confluence of the Gave d'Oloron and the Saison, the latter being a river thanks to which Romance influence was possible in the 14th century (in 1385, the Béarnaise villages in the Saison valley still were more or less Basque-speaking).
Gascon-speaking lands
Brief anthropological analysis :
- Type 1 :
Intermediate complexion (from dark to blonde hair, frequent light eyes, ...), leptomorphic, convex and long nose rather parallel to the face, close-set eyes, lop ears, pointy chin, large jaw
~ Dinaricized Atlanto-Mediterranean
This type presents clear Basque affinities and is very prevailing in this sample. A less archetypal male variant can be found : it is announcing the following types because of rather distant eyes and a flat nose.
- Type 2 : Intermediate complexion, more or less leptomorphic, straight nose that can get broad, large jaw, close-set eyes
~ Dinaromorphic Alpino-Mediterranean
Basically speaking, this type is a more robust and brahcymorphic variant of the first type : the nose shape is quite typical from Western Béarn. Less archetypal Alpinoid individuals are found as well.
http://s1.zetaboards.com/anthroscape/topic/4288339/1/
Final morphotypes Maremne : Landes (Gascogne) :
Sauveterre-de-Béarn : Béarn (Gascogne)
Maremne (from Latin maritimu) is a former viscounty which extended over the former delta of the Adour river which has now disappeared after the town of Bayonne managed to "hijack" the mouth of the river and had an artificial mouth built in its vicinity. Its main town is Capbreton, the last Gascon port before kilometres of dunes ending in Arcachon. Basque toponymy remains rather obvious : Tyrosse, Josse (formerly Aiossa), Tosse (formerly Atossa), Hossegor, Seignosse (formerly Sinossa), ... and other disappeared placenames such as Oroch or Orgossa. Interestingly enough, Pyrenean law was the main law in Maremne.
Gascon-speaking lands
- Type 1 :
Intermediate complexion (from dark to blonde hair, frequent light eyes, ...), leptomorphic, convex and long nose rather parallel to the face, close-set eyes, lop ears, pointy chin, large jaw
~ Dinaricized Atlanto-Mediterranean
Unsurprisingly enough, the sample is dominated by Gascon types exhibiting very ethnic features : triangle-shaped head, long and convex nose, high cheekbones, ... More brachymorphic types are to be found.
Eventually, one has to notice the existence of a specific coastal Landais type - that could be labelled as Atlantid - characterized by a light complexion (blue eyes, blonde or chestnut hair, ...) and robusticity (puffier features, larger face, ...).
Type 2 :
Intermediate complexion (from chustnet to dark hair, green-grey eyes, ...), brachymorphic, rounded head, little puffy nose, narrow and wide-set eyes
~ Alpinoid
Alpinoid types are rather rare in that sample : one can notice that very same trend towards light types but that's nothing systematic. High cheekbones seem to be a rather widespread feature once more.
Sauveterre-de-Béarn : Béarn (Gascogne)
The area of Sauveterre was probably the last Béarnaise area to be romanized : nowadays, major placenames still are clearly Basque (Burgaronne, Barraute, Munein, Usquain, ...). The town of Sauveterre controls the confluence of the Gave d'Oloron and the Saison, the latter being a river thanks to which Romance influence was possible in the 14th century (in 1385, the Béarnaise villages in the Saison valley still were more or less Basque-speaking).
Gascon-speaking lands
Brief anthropological analysis :
- Type 1 :
Intermediate complexion (from dark to blonde hair, frequent light eyes, ...), leptomorphic, convex and long nose rather parallel to the face, close-set eyes, lop ears, pointy chin, large jaw
~ Dinaricized Atlanto-Mediterranean
This type presents clear Basque affinities and is very prevailing in this sample. A less archetypal male variant can be found : it is announcing the following types because of rather distant eyes and a flat nose.
- Type 2 : Intermediate complexion, more or less leptomorphic, straight nose that can get broad, large jaw, close-set eyes
~ Dinaromorphic Alpino-Mediterranean
Basically speaking, this type is a more robust and brahcymorphic variant of the first type : the nose shape is quite typical from Western Béarn. Less archetypal Alpinoid individuals are found as well.
http://s1.zetaboards.com/anthroscape/topic/4288339/1/
