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DICKSON POINTS
EARLY TO MIDDLE WOODLAND PERIOD
2,500 TO 2,100 YEARS AGO

Dickson point from Saline Co., Missouri.
 DICKSON POINT
SALINE CO., MO
5 1/2"--14CM

Dickson point from Monroe Co., Missouri.
 DICKSON POINT
MONROE CO., MO
5"--12.7CM

6 7/8 inch long Dickson point from Missouri.
 DICKSON POINT
MISSOURI
6 7/8"--17.5CM

Dickson point from Calhoun Co., Illinois.
 DICKSON POINT
CALHOUN CO., IL
6"--15.2CM

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   Dickson points generally range in size from 3 (7.6cm) to 9 (22.9cm) inches long. The most common size seems to be somewhere between three to four inches long. The width to thickness ratio is generally around 6 to 1 or 7 to 1.

Dickson point from Calloway Co., Missouri.
DICKSON POINT
CALLOWAY COUNTY, MISSOURI
7 5/8 INCHES (19.4CM) LONG

Dickson point from St. Louis Co., Missouri.
DICKSON POINT
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
6 3/4 INCHES (17.1CM) LONG

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   Tim Dillard makes the best Dickson points in modern times. He can make modern Dickson points with the same tools and technique that Woodland people did over 2,000 years ago.

Dickson point from Lincoln Co., Missouri.
DICKSON POINT
LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSOURI
6 3/8 INCHES (16.2CM) LONG

Dickson point from Tulsa Co., Oklahoma.
DICKSON POINT
TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
6 1/4 INCHES (15.9CM) LONG

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"REFERENCES"


1984, "Who's Who in Indian Relics" by Ben W. Thompson, page 9 "Edwards Dickson"
1985, "Selected Preforms, Points and Knives of the North American Indians", Vol. 1, by Gregory Perino, page 107.
1987, "Story In Stone, Flint Types of the Central and Southern U.S.", by Valerie & D.C. Waldorf, pages 196-197.
1987, "Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points", by Noel D. Justice, pages 190-191.
2001, "Central States Archaeological Journal", Vol. 48, No. 2, page 95.
2002, "Central States Archaeological Journal", Vol. 49, No. 1, page 29.

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