Japanese burial customs

Northern Kyushu, c.150BC

• Yayoi culture - jar burial of a 15 or 16 yr old female, with 18 cone shell bracelets on her left arm
• This era many people buried in large earthware jars set mouth to mouth.

Source

KINOSHITA, N. (2008) Priceless shell bracelets and the chiefs of Northern Kyushu, Japan (c.2000 years ago). Current World Archaeology, No.29, June/July 2008, p.17.