Description:
The most dynamic Amazonid variety, emerged in northern savannahs and spread south across Brazil to Paraguay and Argentina, pushing back older Lagids. Common among Tupian speakers, e.g. Apika, Awá-Guajá, Guarani, Kawahib, Chiriguano, Piripkura, etc., and the extinct Tupi and Querandí. Although tribal numbers collapsed since European contact, still important in Brazilian / Paraguayan Mestizos.Physical Traits:
Yellowish/reddish light to medium brown skin, straight or slightly wavy hair. (Rather) short, mesoskelic, ectomorph to endomorph. Mesocephalic, sometimes brachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Mesorrhine, prominent high-rooted nose. Face is oval and relatively high, cheekbones not very pronounced, forehead broad, slightly receding chin. Eyes slanting, Mongolian fold rare.Literature:
Eickstedt (1934) defined and described the type as South Brasilid. Amazonid was used synonymously instead of Brasilid (Imbelloni, 1958; Biasutti, 1967; Kunter, 1987). Lundman (1967) also defined a southern Tupi Amazonid subgroup. Brasilid was used by Canals Frau (1950) and Knussman (1996), among others.
