Re: [tied] GLEN AND ANATOLIA IN 7500BC

--- Michael J Smith <lookwhoscross-eyednow@...>
wrote:

> Hi George, you wrote:
>
> The Trypilians are classified as gracile
> > "PaleoMediterraneans" and frequently
> "Hurrian-like"
> > (prominent hooked noses, like those of some later
> > Hittite sculptures) in appearance [archaeologists
> also
> > point to thousands of little statuettes extant
> from
> > Trypilian sites which realistically reproduce
> these
> > kinds of faces], while the latter are viewed as
> more
> > massively structured "PaleoEuropeans".
>
> Now and then I'll read descriptions of Hittites
> (and Hurrians?) as
> "mongoloid", and with "high-cheek bones and short
> stature." Is this
> somewhat what you are referring to?

******GK: I've never read of "mongoloid" features
being associated with either Hittites or Hurrians. Try
to find a representation of Teshub. You'll see what I
mean.****



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