The adoption of sedentary life kept its pace in the first half of the last period and accelerated its pace in the latter half of the last period; Setouchi and the northern Kyushu regions introduced rice cropping and the Jomon period transitioned into the early Yayoi period.
この傾向は晩期前半まで続き、後半はさらに定住化が進み、瀬戸内から九州北部は稲作を導入し、弥生時代早期へと移ってゆく。