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Jomon Period
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Jomon burial customs reflected complex ritual beliefs. Extended inhumation was standard, though some sites contain evidence of secondary burial practices involving bone defleshing and rearrangement. High-status individuals, identifiable by grave goods including stone tools, jewelry, and ochre deposits, were interred in designated cemetery areas with elaborate grave structures. Infant burials within settlement areas—particularly within pit-dwellings—suggest beliefs in reincorporation of deceased community members into domestic spaces.[^13]
Notably, excavations at Yoshigo …