headshaping

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noun

The cultural practice of flattening or otherwise shaping the cranium.

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Meanings

nounheadshaping (uncountable)
  1. uncountableanthropologyThe 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.

    2013, A. Bernard Knapp, The Archaeology of Cyprus, page 274

Origin

From head + shaping.

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APA

headshaping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headshaping

MLA

“headshaping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headshaping. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headshaping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headshaping.

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