Caspian race explained

The Caspian race was a supposed sub-race of the Caucasian race in the context of a now-outdated model of dividing humanity into different races which was developed originally by Europeans in support of colonialism.^[1] The term was used by M. G. Abdushelishvili (1979) as constituting a branch of the Mediterranean race or Irano-Afghan race.^[2] In Soviet-era anthropology, the term was used to include Tats and Azerbaijanis.^[3]

The Caspian race was said to be prevalent among the Azerbaijanis,^{[4] [5] [6]} Kumyks and Tsakhurs.^{[7] [8]} Genrietta Leonidovna Khit said that as a form of racial admixture the Caspian subtype was represented among Turkmens and Talyshs.^[9]

Notes and References

1. For the model of dividing humanity into races, see Web site: American Association of Physical Anthropologists . American Association of Physical Anthropologists . AAPA Statement on Race and Racism . American Association of Physical Anthropologists . 19 June 2020 . 27 March 2019 . Instead, the Western concept of race must be understood as a classification system that emerged from, and in support of, European colonialism, oppression, and discrimination..
2. Book: A. Stini, William . 1979 . Physiological and Morphological Adaptation and Evolution . Walter de Gruyter . 9783110803105 . 2013-04-02.
3. Contributions to the physical anthropology of the Soviet Union by Viktor Valerianovich Bunak, page 14
4. Book: N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. ru:Народы Кавказа. USSR Academy of Sciences Publishing House. https://books.google.com/books?id=-EYMAQAAMAAJ&q=Каспийский+тип+Азербайджанцы. Moscow. 1960. 29. July 5, 2019. ru.
5. Book: T.F. Aristova . https://books.google.com/books?id=U-ALAAAAIAAJ&q=обследовались . . 1990 . 13 . 9785020164284 . ru . ru:Материальная культура курдов XIX-первой половины XX в: проблема традиционно-культурной общности . July 5, 2019.
6. Book: N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology . https://books.google.com/books?id=et8KAAAAIAAJ&q=каспийский . . 1973 . 56 . ru . ru:Расы и народы . N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology . July 5, 2019.
7. Book: L.M. Minz. The Hidden Frontier: Ecology and Ethnicity in an Alpine Valley . Olma Media Group. 2007 . 282, 288, 454, 493 . 978-5-373-01053-5 .
8. Book: W.P. Alekseev.. ru:Избранное: Происхождение народов Кавказа . Наука . 2009 . 229. 978-5-02-035547-7 . ru.
9. Book: Khitʹ, G. L. (Genrietta Leonidovna Khitʹ) . Dermatoglyphics of the USSR Peoples (Dermatoglifika narodov SSSR) . Наука . 1983 . 654385877 . ru.