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HOLLAND
POINT
EARLY ARCHAIC
COOPER COUNTY, MISSOURI
PRIVATE COLLECTION
COPYRIGHT FEBRUARY 29, 2008 PETER A. BOSTROM
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HOLLAND
POINT
EARLY ARCHAIC
COOPER COUNTY, MISSOURI
PRIVATE
COLLECTION
This Holland point
was found in a cultivated field in 1979 by Len Weidner. This point is a
particularly well made example. All of its final stage finishing flakes
were skillfully done with "classic Dalton style" pressure flaking.
Holland points are stemmed with very slight shoulders. The base of this
point is concave and thinned with several pressure flakes. It also has
very slight "ears" at the basal corners.
Holland points date to the Early Archaic period,
approximately 10,000 years ago. They were named after Warren Holland for
a cache of thirteen points he found in Henry County, Iowa. Holland
points have been found in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
Illinois, Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. This point type actually
represent one of the many different forms of Dalton points. This Holland
point measures 4 1/2 inches (11.5 cm) long.
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