The end of the Jômon is marked by the introduction of [[rice cultivation]], quite possibly by a different people coming into the archipelago from outside, settling there, and taking over (or intermarrying into the Jômon population), establishing a new mode of society. This new period is called the [[Yayoi period]]. | The end of the Jômon is marked by the introduction of [[rice cultivation]], quite possibly by a different people coming into the archipelago from outside, settling there, and taking over (or intermarrying into the Jômon population), establishing a new mode of society. This new period is called the [[Yayoi period]]. |