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Michael B. Collins
The Use of Petroleum by Late Archaic and Early Woodland Peoples in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Journal of Field Archaeology 8 (1981) 55--64

Asphalt was used as a mastic and oil shale rocks were used as fuel at two prehistoric sites in SW Jefferson County, Kentucky. These findings have implications for prehistoric cultural ecology, lithic use-wear studies, archaeological data-recovery methods, and cultural resource management.

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