The Morphological Effects of Artificial Deformation

每种成分的生长方式 人类头骨的一部分--脸，脑颅， 相互联系和相互影响的基本原则， 体质人类学中的一个问题 理解了很久。 各种实验 技术已经被用于实验室动物，但知识 因为人类的独特性， 人类成长的特征。 这项研究将探讨一个这样的- 所谓的自然实验--有意将颅骨 由不同的美洲印第安人团体组成的跳马--以确定是否 有意的结合，这阻碍了结合部分的生长， 会影响头骨其他部分的生长 尽管人工颅骨变形已经在 过去，对这个问题的结论性答案还没有得到 部分原因是使用了不适当的测量方法， 技术. 这项研究将利用一个相对较新的分析 技术，有限元缩放，测量和评估 畸形和非畸形颅骨之间的差异 相同的骨骼系列。 本研究获得的数据将是 重要的是评估各种假设， 颅部结构的关系

The manner in which the growth of each of the component parts of the human skull--the face, neurocranium, and basicranium--interrelates and affects each other has been a problem in physical anthropology which has alluded complete understanding for a long time. A variety of experimental techniques has been used on laboratory animals, but knowledge gained has not always been applicable to humans because of unique features in human growth. This study will investigate a so- called natural experiment--the intentional binding of the cranial vault by various groups of American Indians--to determine whether intentional binding, which retards growth of the bound part, affects the growth of the other components of the skull. Although artificial cranial deformation has been studied in the past, conclusive answers to this question have not been forthcoming due in part to the use of inadequate measuring techniques. This study will utilize a relatively new analytical technique, finite element scaling, to measure and evaluate differences between deformed and non-deformed crania from the same skeletal series. The data obtained in this study will be important in evaluating various hypotheses about the relationships of the cranial components.