Basilicata was originally known as Lucania, named for the Lucani, who were the first known settlers. Their name was derived from lucus, Latin for forest. Samnite tribes also inhabited the area before the Greeks invaded in the 7th century BC. The Greeks established settlements at Siris, Metaponto and Heraclea, making the region part of the wider Magna Grecia. They also developed basic agriculture and started trading.
Matera has gained international fame for its "Sassi". The Sassi originate from a prehistoric (troglodyte) settlement, and are suspected to be some of the first human settlements in Italy.
Sample :
Brief anthropological analysis :
- Type 1 : Dark complexion, dark eyes, leptomorphic, rather narrow face, long and narrow high-rooted convex nose, close set eyes, large jaw, pointy chin
~ Dinaromorphic Mediterranean
This type belongs to very classical pan-Italian type already identified in many Italian provincie. Most women are strikingly more brachymorphic on average. Curiously enough, I find that some individuals do have a rather coastal Iberian vibe about them in contrast with more "Italic"-looking areas in central Italy.
Some individuals do show more unique and distinctive features (either an arched nose or a very dark complexion) that remind us of phenotypes found in southern areas such as Puglia.
- Type 2 : Intermediate complexion, brachymorphic, square-box face, little low-rooted nose that can get snub-tipped, rather wide set eyes
~ Alpinoid
Once more, a very classical type abundantly found throughout the peninsula. Light eyes are not rare in this area. Some darker individuals do exhibit puffy features (a large snub-tipped nose, a well-defined oral cavity, fat deposits, ...) that announce more southern phenotypes from Calabria.
Matera has gained international fame for its "Sassi". The Sassi originate from a prehistoric (troglodyte) settlement, and are suspected to be some of the first human settlements in Italy.
Brief anthropological analysis :
- Type 1 : Dark complexion, dark eyes, leptomorphic, rather narrow face, long and narrow high-rooted convex nose, close set eyes, large jaw, pointy chin
~ Dinaromorphic Mediterranean
This type belongs to very classical pan-Italian type already identified in many Italian provincie. Most women are strikingly more brachymorphic on average. Curiously enough, I find that some individuals do have a rather coastal Iberian vibe about them in contrast with more "Italic"-looking areas in central Italy.
Some individuals do show more unique and distinctive features (either an arched nose or a very dark complexion) that remind us of phenotypes found in southern areas such as Puglia.
- Type 2 : Intermediate complexion, brachymorphic, square-box face, little low-rooted nose that can get snub-tipped, rather wide set eyes
~ Alpinoid
Once more, a very classical type abundantly found throughout the peninsula. Light eyes are not rare in this area. Some darker individuals do exhibit puffy features (a large snub-tipped nose, a well-defined oral cavity, fat deposits, ...) that announce more southern phenotypes from Calabria.
- Final morphotypes :
