Lamoka people
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The Lamoka lake people were located in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 during the Mast Forest Late Archaic period. source They lived in small rectangular homes that weren't larger than 215 square feet (20 m²). They didn't utilize large permanent dwellings because most of the year; as migratory hunter-gatherers
Hunter-gatherer
A hunter-gatherer or forage society is one in which most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals, in contrast to agricultural societies which rely mainly on domesticated species. Hunting and gathering was the ancestral subsistence mode of Homo, and all modern humans were...

, they were on the move following a seasonal round.

The Lamoka used atlatl
Atlatl
An atlatl or spear-thrower is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart-throwing.It consists of a shaft with a cup or a spur at the end that supports and propels the butt of the dart. The atlatl is held in one hand, gripped near the end farthest from the cup...

s to hunt for the wildlife that was present in the area. This was mainly deer, turkey, and other small animals like squirrel
Squirrel
Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots , flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa and have been introduced to Australia...

s and rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...

s. They also had excellent fish hooks as well as spears and nets to catch fish and other aquatic animals.

A view of the island from MSN Live shoes the island listed as a historic and using the picture link wild treed land. Live Search Maps
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