Author: Skeller, Erik
Title: Anthropological and Ophthalmological Studies on the Angmagssalik Eskimos
Description: Kobenhavn, Reitzels, 1954. orig.wrappers. 27x17cm, 231, (7) pp, University of Copenhagen doctoral dissertation.Reprinted from "Meddelelser om Gronland,Bind 107,nr.4.. 7 photoplates,textual maps. minor soil and rubbing to wrappers,o/w VG. ¶ Includes textual tables,maps,photo illustrations + 7pp photoplates. Contents: On the Concept of Race in Anthropology; The Eskimos & Their Culture with Special Regard to Angmagssalik; Earlier, Relevant Anthropometrical Measurements; The Writer's Own Investigations; Classification into Categories & its Applicability to the Establishment of Types; Comparative Anthropometrical Investigations; Some Genetically Conditioned Characteristics of the Angmagssaliks, especially compared to the West Greenlanders; Anthropometric & Genetically Conditioned Characteristics in Hybrids (in case West Greenlanders); The Exterior Eye; Refraction of the Eye; Conclusions.

Keywords: Physical Anthropology, Greenland, Inuit Anthropometry, Arctic, Angmagssalik Eskimo, Eskimos, Inuit, Human Biology, Genetics, Ophthalmology