再さい葬そう墓ぼ

noun

secondary grave; reburial grave

Archaeological term for a grave where bones were reburied after being disinterred and washed, typical of certain prehistoric Japanese burial practices.

• この遺い跡せきからは再さい葬そう墓ぼが多た数すう見みつかっている。

  Many secondary graves have been found at this site.

• 再さい葬そう墓ぼは縄じょう文もん時じ代だいの墓ぼ制せいの一ひとつと考かんがえられている。

  Secondary graves are considered one of the burial systems of the Jomon period.