Description:
Coarse, Cromagniform Nordid variety of Central and Northern Europe. Named after the Swedish province of Dalarna and the German region of Westphalia. Typical areas include Central Germany, Netherlands, and Southern Sweden / Norway, partially even Southern Finland. Germanic migrations in Antiquity dispersed it across Europe. A Dalic, Faelid, and Västmanland subvariety can be distinguished.Physical Traits:
Pale to fair skin. Straight to curly, blonde, sometimes red or brown hair. Grey-blue or mixed eyes. Tall, mesoskelic, mesomorph with robust bones, in old age sometimes endomorph. Mesocephalic, chamae- orthocranic with a curved occiput, very large-headed. Leptorrhine, straight or mildly convex nose. Wide face, broad angular jaw and zygomatic arches. Brow ridges strong, deep-set, small eyes. Forehead broad, mildly sloping. Broad mouth with thin lips.Literature:
Paudler (1917), Kern (1927), Biasutti (1967) and Vallois (1943, 1971) called it Dalic, Günther (1942) Faelid. Vondernach (2008) addressed a Dalic and Faelic variety. Eickstedt (1934) / Baker (1981) use Dalofa(e)lid, Eickstedt (1937, 1952) / Knussmann (1996) Dalo Nordid and Lundmann (1967) Fälo Nordid. An eastern branch of Coon's (1939) Brünn. Confirmed by Schwidetzky and Walter (1967).
