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headshaping

noun

Etymology

From head + shaping.

  1. derived from *skapjaną✻ — “to form, shape, create”
  2. inherited from *skapjandz✻
  3. inherited from *skappjandī✻
  4. inherited from sċyppende
  5. inherited from shapinge
  6. compounded as headshaping — “head + shaping”

Definitions

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

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

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