The Terramara Period of northern Italy was a later phase of culture contemporaneous with the Upper Robenhausian and was typical of the Bronze Age. During the Terramara Period fortified and moated stations in swamps or close to the banks of rivers became the favorite resorts instead of pile villages built in lakes. The first traces of copper are found during this period. The earliest human remains in the Terramara deposits are long skulled, but round skulls soon appear in association with bronze implements. This indicates an original population of Mediterranean affinities overwhelmed later by Alpines. CLASSIFICATION OF THE RACES OF EUROPE THEIR CHARACTERS AND DISTRIBUTION ┌────────────────────────┬───────────────────┬──────────────────┐ │ EUROPEAN RACES │ MODERN PEOPLES │ ANCIENT PEOPLES │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────────────┤ │_Nordic._ │ │ │ │Homo sapiens nordicus, │All Norse, Swedes, │Sacæ, Massagetæ, │ │ Homo sapiens europeus,│ Danes, Letts, │ Scythians, │ │ Baltic, Indo-Germanic,│ many Finlanders, │ Cimmerians, │ │ Indo-European, │ many Russians and│ Persians, │ │ Scandinavian, │ Poles, North │ Phrygians, │ │ Teutonic, Germanic, │ Germans, many │ Achæans, │ │ Dolicho-lepto, │ French, Dutch, │ Dorians, │ │ Reihengraber, Finnic. │ Flemings, │ Thracians, │ │ │ English, Scotch, │ Umbrians, │ │ │ most Irish, │ Oscans, Gauls, │ │ │ Native Americans,│ Galatians, │ │ │ Canadians, │ Cymry, Belgæ, │ │ │ Australians, │ many Romans, │ │ │ Africanders. │ Goths, Lombards,│ │ │ │ Vandals, │ │ │ │ Burgunds, │ │ │ │ Franks, Danes, │ │ │ │ Saxons, Angles, │ │ │ │ Norse, Normans, │ │ │ │ Varangians. │ │ │ │ Reihengräber. │ │ │ │ Kurgans. │ │ │ │ Maglemose │ │ │ │ culture. │ │ │ │ │ │_Alpine._ │ │ │ │Homo sapiens alpinus │Bretons, Walloons, │Sumerians, │ │ (Eurasiatic), │ Central French, │ Hittites, Medes,│