屈くっ葬そう

noun

crouched burial; flexed burial

Archaeological term for a burial where the body is placed in a crouched or flexed position, often with knees drawn up. Used in academic and museum contexts.

• この遺い跡せきからは屈くっ葬そうの人じん骨こつが多た数すう出しゅつ土どした。

  Many crouched-burial human remains were excavated from this site.

• 縄じょう文もん時じ代だいの屈くっ葬そうは、死し者しゃを胎たい児じのように丸まるめて埋まい葬そうする形けい式しきだ。

  Jōmon-period crouched burials are a form of interment where the deceased is buried curled up like a fetus.