Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
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Complete silcrete blade. Light brown in colour. Unifacial retouch present on proper right lateral margin on dorsal surface.
Silcrete core that is light brown and mid grey in colour. There is no cortex present.
Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining. Light brown in colour. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface of the right lateral margin and unifacial retouch on the ventral surface of the left lateral margin.
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Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on one side and bruised on the other. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped, with bevel on both surfaces. Haft is flat.
Split silcrete blade, proper left lateral margin remaining. Bifacial retouch on lateral margin and on the distal edge.
Silcrete flake. There is some unifacial retouch on the ventral surface.
Silcrete flake. There is bifacial retouch on the proper left lateral margin and unifacial retouch on the ventral surface on the distal edge. Marker dots on the dorsal surface of the distal end.
Silcrete flake. There is retouch along one lateral margins.
Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved, with bevel on one lateral margin on one surface. Haft is flat.
Complete silcrete blade. Light brown in colour. Flake scars present on dorsal surface, especially proper right lateral margin. Unifacial retouch present on both lateral margins on the dorsal side.
Mostly complete silcrete blade, termination missing. Light brown and mid grey in colour. Flake scars present on dorsal surface and bruising on striking platform. Small area of cortex on the proper left lateral margin of the ventral side. Unifacial retouch also present on proper left lateral margin of ventral surface.
Mostly complete silcrete blade, termination not present. Light grey and light pink in colour. Unifacial retouch on both lateral margins on the dorsal surface.
Taoka Māori
Complete scraper. Top edge is flat and wider than the lower edge. There are two shallow notches at the top, from which curved sides flare out and round to the cutting edge, which is very fine. The cutting edge is chipped.
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. White and light brown in colour. Evidence of unifacial retouch on the ventral surface of the blade on the right.
Incomplete adze. Trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground, with heavy chipping around edges and break. Butt not present. Bevel missing left side proper, cutting edge not present.
Broken silcrete blade, proximal end remaining. Light grey in colour. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.
Silcrete core that is mid grey and dark grey in colour. It has flake scars across the surface, a small hole and a small section of cortex on one side.
Piece of broken worked soapstone, possibly part of a bowl. Ground on one side with cut marks visible on two sides. Glued to other fragment D34.759.
Complete silcrete blade. Mid red in colour. Bifacial retouch on the proper left lateral margin.
Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Mid brown in colour. Flake scars present on ventral surface. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.