Pueblid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

Average Face

The Pueblid composite below is not a photograph of a real person. Historical anthropologists aligned multiple individual portraits from the Pueblid reference population and averaged them into one image, so recurring structures — skull outline, nose form, lip thickness, brow position — dominate while individual idiosyncrasies cancel out.

Composite source: Human Phenotypes — Pueblid

Geographic Distribution

Geographically, Pueblid anchors to 34.6° N, 106.0° W (North America). That is the point where historical anthropologists judged Pueblid most concentrated, not a hard edge; modern migration and intermarriage have long since softened whatever boundaries once existed.

Physical Characteristics

Light to medium brown skin with straight or wavy hair.

• Medium height to tall, mesoskelic, endomorph
• (Hyper-)brachycephalic, hypsicranic with a mesorrhine, occasionally convex nose
• Rectangular face with an angular chin that is often receding
• Forehead is narrow, body hair relatively strong, eyes mildly slanting

Historical Background

Native American type, named after the Pueblo communities in Southwestern North America. Extends over a large area of Southern US states as well as Mexico. Most common in Hopi, Zuni, Choctaw, Caddo, Ute, Mohave, Nahua, Huichol, and many of their neighbours. As far North as Ojibwe and Kickapo and as far South as Aztecs, in those groups usually more mixed. Albinism comparatively common.

Research History & Naming

The passage below traces who first defined Pueblid, which rival names competed with it, and how later authors consolidated or disputed the classification — the raw material of any serious phenotype reference.

Named and defined by Eickstedt (1952) , who had called it the "northern, silvoid Centralid belt" earlier ( Eickstedt, 1934 ). Imbelloni (1952) and Biasutti (1967) combine it with Andid to Pueblo-Andid. Detailed descriptions by Hooton (1930) and Seltzer (1944) . Neumann's ( 1952 , 1966 ) Ashiwids and Iswanids are similar.

Comparison With Nearby Phenotypes

The five phenotypes whose documented centers lie closest to Pueblid, ranked by great-circle distance. They are the types players most often confuse with Pueblid in the quiz, precisely because their distributions overlap.

Pueblid in the Game

Pueblid is one of the faces that can appear in Classic Daily and Challenge Mode. When it does, the winning pin lands near 34.6° N, 106.0° W in North America — and because the scoring decays with distance, recognizing the region matters more than pixel-perfect placement.

Pueblid Phenotype FAQ

Where does the Pueblid phenotype come from?

Historical sources center the Pueblid phenotype on 34.6° N, 106.0° W (North America). Treat that as a rough anchor: the type appeared across a wider surrounding area — its nearest documented neighbors, Arizonid and Planid, sit 529 and 681 km from the reference point — and its present-day distribution no longer matches the historical map.

What does the Pueblid phenotype look like?

The composite emphasizes recurring traits: light to medium brown skin with straight or wavy hair. The full trait list for Pueblid appears in the physical characteristics section above.

Is the Pueblid phenotype a race or a nationality?

No — and the Pueblid naming history above shows why. Pueblid was defined, renamed, and regrouped repeatedly by different researchers, which is the opposite of how a fixed racial category would behave. A phenotype is a recurring bundle of visible traits recorded across a population; the Pueblid label says nothing about where any individual's ancestors were born.

How does Pueblid appear in the game?

When the Pueblid face comes up in Classic Daily or Challenge Mode, you pin the world map where you believe the type is historically most common, and the score decays with your distance to 34.6° N, 106.0° W. The nearest documented type, Arizonid, lies about 529 km away, so regional placement usually carries most of the score.

References & Literature

The Pueblid phenotype entry above is compiled from the 8 academic references. Readers are encouraged to consult the original Pueblid sources for verification and deeper context.

• Eickstedt, E. von. 1952. Biodynamik der Europiden. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 115-134.
• Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
• Imbelloni, J. 1952. Rassentypen und Biodynamik von Amerika. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 188-203.
• Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
• Hooton, E. 1930. The lndians of Pecos Pueblo, New Haven.
• Seltzer, C. C. 1944. Racial prehistory in the Southwest and the Hawikuh Zunis. PMP, 23, 1.
• Neumann, G.. 1952. Archeology and Race in the American Indian.13-34. In: Griffin, J. Archeology of Eastern United States. Chicago and London.
• Neumann, G.. 1966. Racial History of the Indians. 505-518. In: Lindsey, A. Natural Features of Indiana. Indiana Sesquicentennial Vol., Indiana A. of Sci.

Related Phenotypes

Other human phenotypes whose documented centers lie in the same part of the map as Pueblid.

• Arizonid

  North America · 529 km away

  Relatively recent North American contact type. Started to develop as Athabaskan speakers of Canada migrated South during late Pre-Columbian ...

• Planid

  North America · 681 km away

  Native American type, named after the Great Plains of North America. In pre-Colombian times concentrated in the Central Canadian forests fro...

• Sonorid

  North America · 731 km away

  Margid subtype, native to the hot Sonora desert of South Arizona and California, as well as Northwestern Mexico. Probably arrived with one o...

• Mexicid

  North America · 1,125 km away

  Margid proper. Probably arrived with one of the earlier migrations to America. Typified by Otomi, Purépecha, Pame, Pima of Mexico, as well W...

• Californid

  North America · 1,176 km away

  Ancient Margid subtype, probably arrived with one of the oldest migrations to America. Shares some features with Ainuids. During the last ce...

Further Reading

Background articles from the blog that explain where the Pueblid type fits, how these composites are built, and what a face can and cannot tell you.

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