CAST #A-13

HOLLAND POINT
EARLY ARCHAIC
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
 PRIVATE COLLECTION
COPYRIGHT JULY 31, 2011 PETER A. BOSTROM
Cast of a Holland point from St. Louis County, Missouri.
 CAST ILLUSTRATED
CAST #A-13
HOLLAND POINT
EARLY ARCHAIC
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
PRIVATE COLLECTION

    This Holland point was found many years ago in St. Louis County, Missouri. There are several different styles of Holland points. This point has all the characteristics of a Dalton point except for the shoulders that might even be called corner-notched. In fact, this point seems to be a transitional form of Dalton-Hardin Barbed point. This Holland point has a deep concave base with basal thinning and skillfully done parallel pressure flaking on both sides. This point is made of white Burlington chert and it measures 4 3/4 inches long.
   Holland points were named by Gregory Perino after Warren Holland who found a cache of 14 points. He found them in 1966 in a plowed field in Henry County, Iowa. Holland points are found in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and eastern Oklahoma.

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