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http://www.theapricity.com/snpa/rg-tronder.htmIn the Upper Paleolithic, parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula were inhabited by large-framed, robust Cro-Magnids, similar to the modern Dalo-Falid and "Brünn" varieties. As time passed, continual interbreeding with later (and perhaps earlier) arrivals contributed to a decrease in the number of "pure" populations of this type (yet relatively unaltered forms may be found e.g. in certain mountain isolates, and individuals nearly everywehere in Scandinavia do not seldom recapitulate fully Cro-Magnid features). The most important arrival, in this respect, was that of the Battle-Axe and Boat-Axe peoples, who carried with them the Corded type, a tall, high-headed, dolichocephalic leptosome of the eastern steppes, which was perhaps more closely related to members of the Mediterranid parafamily than to the aforementioned Cro-Magnids. This type was probably material to the formation of the Iron Age Nordid types in general, but in the central regions of the Scandinavian Peninsula (entering from the northeast) it played a particularly interesting role, as it combined with local Cro-Magnids to form the special form known as the Trønder type. This type has retained much of its Corded prevalence in the central Swedish and Norwegian provinces, becoming increasingly Cro-Magnid toward the sothwestern parts of Norway, a distribution indicative the historical dispersal of the Battle-Axe and Boat-Axe peoples in the peninsula. The Trønder population has thus evolved as a gradient type, internally variable yet mostly stabilized. The average Trønder is a Corded-Cro-Magnid intermediate, a Nordid approximation, combining traits from both formatives with varying amounts of Hallstatt Nordid and Borreby strains.
http://www.theapricity.com/snpa/gloss1.htmCORDED TYPE (Battle-Axe type)
A tall, leptomorphic, dolichocephalic, long-faced and high-headed type originally affiliated with the western Eurasian steppes. The Corded type is characterized by a linear but muscular build; its browridges and muscular markings are medium to strong, the mandible is deep and the chin is marked, but narrow through the gonial angles. The nose is leptorrhine and often prominent. Its name derives from its association with the Corded Ware culture; it was the principal type of the Battle-Axe and Boat-Axe populations in the north. In connection with the Nordid types, Corded influence is of the essence, and individuals of Nordid derivation, especially East-Nordids and Trønders, often completely recapitulate the original Corded type. The ultimate origin of the Corded type is uncertain. It has been theorized that this type is at least partially associated with the propagation of Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a, which is found at significant frequencies along a northwestern-southeastern continuum running between the extremes of the Scandinavian Peninsula and the Subcontinent. Accordingly, tribes of predominantly Corded type have been credited with the propagation of Indo-European languages throughout western Eurasia.
Corded: Carolina Klüft (Sweden)
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