Headshaping

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The cultural practice of flattening or otherwise shaping the cranium. uncountable

    "Although headshaping does have Late Aceramic Neolithic precedents on Cyprus, there is no evidence for this practice during the Chalcolithic."

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"Although headshaping does have Late Aceramic Neolithic precedents on Cyprus, there is no evidence for this practice during the Chalcolithic."

Etymology

From head + shaping.

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