Thursday, February 22, 2007

The Sami of Finnish Lapland

Extracts from "über die anthropologie der Lappen in Suomi" by Esko.K.Näätänen (Published by the Finnish Academy of Science in Helsinki, 1936)

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Groups - Utsjoki (U), Inari (I) and Kolten (K) (meaning Skolt Sami)


Height (average) - men by area

Utsjoki 162.2cm
Inari 161.1cm
Kolten 157.7cm

Average for men - 160.4cm

Height (average) - females by area

Utsjoki 151.0cm
Inari 149.9cm
Kolten 146.9cm

Average for females - 149.1cm

Height (frequency table)
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Height (averages)
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Morphological Facial-index (average) - men by area

Utsjoki 77.4
Inari 76.0
Kolten 83.8

Average for men - 79.1 (Euryprosopic)


Morphological Facial-index (average) - females by area

Utsjoki 77.7
Inari 78.3
Kolten 80.8

Average for females - 79.2 (Euryprosopic)


Morphological Facial Index - (Distribution) - Men by area


Utsjoki
Hypereuryprosop 62.5%
Euryprosop 29.2%
Mesoprosop 2.8%
Leptoprosop 5.5%

Inari
Hypereuryprosop 76.4%
Euryprosop 21.6%
Mesoprosop 2.0%

Kolten
Hypereuryprosop 19.3%
Euryprosop 31.6%
Mesoprosop 22.8%
Leptoprosop 21.0%
Hyperleptoprosop 5.3%

Morphological Facial Index - (Distribution) - Females by area

Utsjoki
Hypereuryprosop 61.3%
Euryprosop 27.3%
Mesoprosop 9.1%
Hyperleptoprosop 2.3%

Inari
Hypereuryprosop 61.3%
Euryprosop 16.1%
Mesoprosop 10.7%
Leptoprosop 7.1%
Hyperleptoprosop 1.8%

Kolten
Hypereuryprosop 38.9%
Euryprosop 33.3%
Mesoprosop 11.1%
Leptoprosop 12.5%
Hyperleptoprosop 4.2%

Morphological Facial Index (averages)
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Morphological F.I (distribution)
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Morphological F.I (frequencies)
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Cephalic index (averages) - men by area

Utsjoki 84.4
Inari 85.1
Kolten 83.3

Average for men 84.2

Cephalic index (averages) - females by area

Utsjoki 84.2
Inari 85.6
Kolten 82.8

Average for females 84.0

Cephalic index (distribution) - men by area

Utsjoki
Mesocephalic 12.3%
Brachycephalic 50.7%
Hyperbrachycephalic 37.0%

Inari
Mesocephalic 5.9%
Brachycephalic 52.9%
Hyperbrachycephalic 41.2%

Kolten
Dolichocephalic 1.8%
Mesocephalic 17.6%
Brachycephalic 57.8%
Hyperbrachycephalic 22.8%


Cephalic index (distribution) - females by area

Utsjoki
Mesocephalic 10.9%
Brachycephalic 56.5%
Hyperbrachycephalic 32.6%

Inari
Mesocephalic 5.4%
Brachycephalic 48.2%
Hyperbrachycephalic 46.4%

Kolten
Mesocephalic 24.7%
Brachycephalic 57.5%
Hyperbrachycephalic 17.8%

Cephalic index (averages)
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Cephalic index (frequencies)
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Cephalic index (distribution)
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Nose shapes

Strongly concave (stark konkav)
Slightly concave (wenig konkav)
Straight (gerade)
Convex (konvex)
Wavy (wellig)

Utsjoki (men)

Strongly concave 9.7%
Slightly concave 36.1%
Straight 27.8%
Convex 18.1%
Wavy 8.3%

Utsjoki (females)

Strongly concave 14.3%
Slightly concave 40.5
Straight 23.8%
Convex 14.3%
Wavy 7.1%

Inari (men)

Strongly concave 14.9%
Slightly concave 66.0%
Straight 6.4%
Convex 4.3%
Wavy 8.5%

Inari (females)

Strongly concave 25.0%
Slightly concave 55.4%
Straight 14.3%
Convex 0%
Wavy 5.4%

Kolten (men)

Strongly concave 3.6%
Slightly concave 60.7%
Straight 21.4%
Convex 7.1%
Wavy 7.1%

Kolten (females)

Strongly concave 29.4%
Slightly concave 50.0%
Straight 14.7%
Convex 5.9%
Wavy 0%

Table with information on nose shape, height/widht of nasal root etc.
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Nasal index distribution (male/female)
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Face shape, height, width
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Head length and height (averages)
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Length-Height Index (L.H.I) and Breadth-Height Index (B.H.I) of the head (averages for male/female)
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Hair and eye-colour (male/female)
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