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Asphalt was used by the Jomon people to secure arrowheads to the shaft. The Jomon people were required to travel great distances to find the "native deposit", as it was only located in Northwestern Honshu<ref>Michiko Y. Aoki, ''Ancient Myths and Early History of Japan'', page 5-6</ref>.

Asphalt was used by the Jomon people to secure arrowheads to the shaft. The Jomon people were required to travel great distances to find the material, as it was only located in northwestern Honshu<ref>Michiko Y. Aoki, ''Ancient Myths and Early History of Japan'', page 5-6</ref>. Other purposes (during the Jomon period) include restoring sherd pieces to original form (such as fixing a pot or other clay object) and caulking boats<ref>J. Edward Kidder, Jr., "Himiko and Japan's Elusive Chiefdom of Yamatai: Archaeology, History, and Mythology," University of Hawaii Press: 2007, Page 42.</ref>

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