Archaeology

Broken patu paraoa, blade remaining. Bone is very worn, and sides of blade are chipped.

Broken silcrete blade, proximal end remaining. Light grey in colour. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.

Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Pounamu. Dark green, mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front and bevel, bruised on back and sides. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and parts of front and back, with bruising on rest of front and back. Sawing mark down proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, back of adze reduced after bevel, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved."Kai Kai's Beach" written on front and back.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Complete fishhook point. Straight and barbed with notches at base.

Incomplete Asymmetrical cross-section at poll/butt portion. Both front and back of blade have bruising and flake scars at right portion of shoulder. Differentiation would have been present on complete adze, however blade/bevel portion is missing. Can see a clear reduction in the side to produce shoulder at right portion of butt. Blade is missing from adze. Only adze butt present.

Incomplete Asymmetrical cross-section. Front and back portion of blade are bruised with flake scars - Difficult to determine which is front and back. No differentiation between butt and blade as bevel portion is only present Unclear whether bevel is continuous on blade or had line/ridge present. Cutting edge is very rounded and blunt.

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section with back narrower than front. Front of adze is mostly ground with bruising around outer edges and poll portion. Back of adze is bruised with grounding at bevel portion. No differentiation between butt and blade. Butt slightly tapers in towards poll. Bevel is demarcated with a slight ridge. Cutting edge appears more straight than curved and is sharp.