Anthropologischer Anzeiger, Volume 66, No. 2 (2008), p. 139β146.Standardized lateral cephalograms of eleven skulls with artificial cranial deformations
from Eastern Europe and twenty normal skulls from the same population were made,digitized
and imported into the AutoCAD 2005 computer program.The x- and y coordinates of defined
measuring points were determined and angle measurements were made.The form difference of
the skulls was tested with the Euclidean Distance Matrix Analysis (EDMA) and the difference
of the angle measurements were compared statistically using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney
test.All deformed skulls belonged to the tabular fronto-occipital type of deformation.The
results of the EDMA and the angle measurements indicated significant differences for the
neurocranium and the facial cranium in height between the normal and the deformed skulls,
but not in the cranial length.It can be concluded that in Eastern Europe one method of
cranial molding was used.The deformation of the neurocranium also affected the development
of the facial cranium regarding facial height.This may indicate a dependency of the
developmental fields of the neurocranium and facial cranium