Archaeology

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, mid green, light green, silver. Cross-section is asymmetrical, due to unbroken section of pounamu worked through with sawing marks hanging off proper left side. Surface is mostly ground, with bruising on proper right front. Sawing marks down front and back towards proper left. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is blunt and curved, chipped. "Little Papanui" written on front.

Complete adze. Rectangular Ground with bruising around butt. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll. Proper left side has been more reduced with raised shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a strong horizontal line crossing blade. Cutting edge is blunt, angled, slightly rounded and smooth,

Incomplete, broken adze. Oval cross-section The surface is bruised and flaked, with a small ground portion. It is unclear which end of an adze this piece is. One surface, either the front or back is ground. There are some rounded edges.

Incomplete, broken adze. Asymmetrical cross-section The surface is ground on the front. The back is flaked and the proper left side is bruised. It is unclear which end of an adze this piece is. The sides are straight. The front of the blade is slightly curved.

Incomplete, broken adze Rectangular cross-section The surface is ground with a large chip on the back. This piece appears to be a mid blade portion at bevel/cutting edge end of an adze. There is a marked curve on the back of the blade indicating the bevel. No cutting edge present.

Incomplete, broken adze Trapezoidal cross-section, front narrower than back. The surface is ground with some bruising and flaking, mainly on the back and sides. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The front of the blade is reduced slightly towards the poll end. This appears to be the poll end of an adze, and part of the blade. The bevel and cutting edge are not present

Incomplete, broken adze. Asymmetrical cross-section The front of the blade is ground. The surface on the back and sides is bruised and flaked. The cutting edge and a portion of the blade are present. The bevel is heavily chipped and broken and only visible on the proper right side of the blade. The cutting edge is blunt, curved and chipped. Possibly either a only a fragment of the front, or an unfinished finished.

Incomplete, broken adze. Asymmetrical cross-section The blade is bruised and flaked with a small ground area on the front. Appears to be the poll portion of an adze. Sides of the portion are reduced towards the poll. Bevel and cutting edge not present

Incomplete, broken adze. Mid-blade portion. Plano-convex, back flattened. The blade is ground on the front and bruised on the back No differentiation visible. Sides of the blade taper towards the poll end. Bevel and cutting edge not present

Complete adze Asymmetrical cross-section The blade is ground with some bruising on front and sides No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides taper towards the poll. Bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is sharp, curved and lightly chipped.

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with front narrower than back Flaked with minor bruising. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll and front has been reduced. Bevel is flaked and appears rough or unfinished. Cutting edge is flaked, rough and unfinished.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Flaked and bruised. Butt has minor differentiation - sides taper in toward poll. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line running across the blade. Cutting edge is straight, smooth and angled.