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Dark grey schist file, tapered to point at one end.
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Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with bevel on both surfaces. Haft end is flat.
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Soapstone pendant - dark grey/brown Unusual form. Serrated edges on 4 faces. Left edge straight, right at angle (obtuse) to top curves at bottom to meet diagonal bottom edge Bottom edge wide and grooved as well as serrated. Suspension hole drilled from both sides (wider on top) with second abortive hole left side top.
Broken dark red pendant, distal end not present. Other pieces broken off and glued back on. Surface is ground and flaked. Proximal end tapered and squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Sides are slightly flattened and fan out from proximal end.
Complete slate knife. Cutting edge is sharp. Both surfaces are ground, with one side having slight bruising. Haft is bruised. Bevel present on both sides.
Broken slate knife, distal end remainig. Surface is ground on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp with a bevel on both sides. Cutting edge is curved.
Broken slate knife, proximal end remaining. Broken along cutting edge and chipped on one side. Surface is ground, with faint scratches. The haft is flat.
Broken slate knife, proximal end remaining. Knife is broken along lower cutting edge, though one side has a slight bevel is sharpened, possibly reworked. Haft end is flat. Surface is mostly ground, with some flaking towards haft end.
Complete slate knife. Surface is ground on both sides. Cutting edge is blunt and flat. Bevel present on both sides. Haft end is flat.
Silcrete drill point. Light grey.
Silcrete flake. White and mid yellow in colour.
Complete light brown silcrete drill point. Cortex present on the proximal dorsal surface. Lots of little impurities trapped within the rock.
Complete silcrete blade. White and mid grey in colour.
Complete light grey silcrete drill point. There is unifacial retouch along both lateral edges.
Complete white silcrete drill point. Unifacial retouch on the right lateral margin and bifacial retouch on the left lateral margin.
Complete silcrete blade. Dark yellow and light yellow in colour. Some weathering at proper left lateral margin. Flake scars on proper left side of dorsal surface.
Complete light grey silcrete drill point. At the proximal end of the object there is bifacial retouch on the right lateral margin and unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin. Towards the distal end there is a lot of flake scarring.
A complete mid grey silcrete drill point. There is unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin. There is flake scarring along the right lateral margin.
A complete light brown silcrete drill point. Bifacial retouch on the left lateral margin. Unifacial retouch on the right.
A complete white silcrete drill point. Covered in flake scars and very dirty. There is a little bifacial retouch on the left lateral margin.