Pickwick

Name: The Pickwick point was named for examples recovered from sites along the Pickwick Basin of the Tennessee River Valley.

Age: Recoveries of Pickwick points in Alabama site indicate a span of use between late Middle Archaic and early Woodland sites.

Description: Pickwick points are medium sized blades measuring between 2.75 to 4 inches in length.The blade is large and triangular with excurvate to recurved blade edges.The stem is straight to tapering with an excurvate basal edge.Shoulders are tapering in relation to the stem.

Distribution: Examples in Georgia are most often recovered along the fall line.

Information for this article was derived from John S.  Whatley, Early Georgia: An overview of Georgia Projectile Points and Selected Cutting Tools, The Society for Georgia Archaeology, Vol. 30, No.1 2002