Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Early Settlement of the West.
The act of cutting off the skin and hair from the top of an enemy's head as a trophy of war to prevent them from entering the afterlife.
Scalping appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The American West, especially Early Settlement of the West and Indigenous Peoples of the Plains.
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