Archaeology

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised, with some ground areas around sides and lower front. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on front and flaking on proper left side and poll. Spots of clear glaze on back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. "Murdering Beach" written on front.

Complete adze. Basalt. Mid green and mid grey. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is mostly ground on front and back, with bruising on sides that extends onto front. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Murdering Beach" written on front.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Surface is charred and dessicated. Indentation on one side. Remnants of adhesive on other side.

Complete adze roughout. Grey stone. Irregular trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. There is no differentiation between the blade and the butt. The bevel is roughly shaped and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is flaked. The adze had been broken in two and glued back together. The adhesive is discoloured and the crack very visible.

Broken and split silcrete blade, medial portion and proper right lateral margin remaining. Light brown in colour.

Split silcrete blade, proper left lateral margin remaining. Light grey and white in colour.

Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining. Light brown and light grey in colour. Unifacial retouch present on both lateral margins on the ventral side.

Broken and split silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining and lower proper left lateral margin not present. Unifacial retouch present on proper left lateral margin on ventral side.

Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and mid grey in colour. Unifacial retouch present on one lateral margin on the dorsal side.

Mostly complete porcellanite blade, termination not present. Dark brown in colour. Bifacial retouch present on one the proper left lateral margin.