Description:
Western Turanid subtype, named after the Alföld (Great Hungarian Plain). It developed when Huns and Magyars entered the area during the early Middle Ages and caused a blending of several regional types. Most common in Hungary, especially the Alföld plain and Transdanubia. In lower frequencies it extends across the Balkans and to Ukraine, even Northern Greece.Physical Traits:
Fair to light reddish-brown skin with straight brown or black hair and yellowish-brown eyes. Medium height, macro- mesoskelic, endo- to ectomorph. Brachycephalic, orthocranic with a relatively large head. Large, angular skulls and a leptorrhine nose. Face not very flat, facial lines soft, but determined. Eyes mildly slanting.Literature:
The type was mainly described by Hungarian authors (Bartucz, 1935, 1938; Kiszely, 1979; Botos, 1999). Others (Eickstedt, 1952; Lundman, 1943; Biasutti, 1967) explained it by Turanid/Aralid influence. Vondernach (2008) suggests it to be the blend of indigenous Europeans and Mongoloid migrants from Asia.
