Man going fishing at Lamoka Lake accidentally backs his truck into the water, wife gets the video, news report follows: Fishing trip gone wrong for Tioga County fire chief

Local historian Vinnie Nykiel gave a talk on hydroelectric power in the Lamoka Valley on June 17.  In the early twentieth century, there was an ambitious plan to dam the…

Protecting archaeological sites that have been preserved by the Archaeological Conservancy requires regular inspection and maintenance. The Lamoka Lake site is still mowed seasonally, as it has been for years. See their…

The New York Archaeological Council (NYAC) publishes a poster for Archaeology Season (formerly Archaeology Month) every year. In 2008, the Lamoka Lake site (and the Lamoka Life Group diorama from…

Sorting going on of bones from the 1990 excavation at Lamoka Lake. These are white-tailed deer astragali, all from the plowzone/disturbed layer.

The first interesting find isn’t an animal bone. This argillite projectile point was mistakenly put in with the animal bones in the field. It’s unusual to find argillite tools at…

A sample of bones from the 1991 Lamoka Lake excavations. Lots of identifiable stuff here.

The average white-tailed deer killed during the Late Archaic at Lamoka Lake weighed 77 kg, or 170 pounds. That’s the estimate derived from measuring the astragalus, a bone in the…

Here’s a photo showing part of the interior of the house in the Lamoka diorama at the New York State Museum. The lodge itself is based on Ritchie’s interpretation of…