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Lake City, Florida: A Sesquicentennial Tribute (2009) H. Morris Williams, Dr. Kevin M. McCarthy

Around nine thousand years ago, when the climate of the world
warmed up, the glaciers melted, raising the level of the oceans and
reducing the size of coastal lands, including the Florida peninsula. The
Native Americans living near the sea on both sides of the peninsula
moved inland, especially near rivers and lakes and other places where
they could find food.

Timucuan Indians would use deer skins or even decoy deer
in order to get close to the animals they were hunting.

Many of the Indians became skilled hunters, often waiting
near watering holes for the animals to come to them. The Indians
learned to disguise themselves in deer skins or behind fake deer in
order to creep closer to the animals before killing them. The Indians
who lived near sources of oysters or shellfish had a different type of
food intake than those who lived inland, for example the land that
became Columbia County. The former would throw the shells of the
oysters onto large shell mounds or so-called middens, very few of
which are found in north Florida. 2

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