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Taoka Maori
Mid grey and mid yellow flake made form porcellanite with no retouching.
Broken dark red porcellanite blade, termination not present. Flake scars on the dorsal surface.
Broken porcellanite blade that has the medial portion present. It is mid brown in colour. It has some flaking across the dorsal surface.
Porcellanite flake that is light grey in colour. There is a small section of the cortex present.
Porcellanite core that is mid purple and dark purple in colour. It has flake scars across the surface and no cortex present.
Complete dark brown porcellanite drill point.
Complete porcellanite drill point. Mid brown and mid yellow in colour. Flake scars on the left and right lateral margins on the dorsal surface.
Dark yellow porcellanite flake. Weathering on the dorsal surface.
Broken porcellanite blade, proximal end remaining. There is bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.
Broken porcellanite blade that has the proximal end remaining. It is dark brown and red in colour. There is a flake scar on the dorsal surface, where some of the remaining cortex has been flaked.
Porcellanite flake, light purple in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. No retouch.
Broken porcellanite blade. Light purple and grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on one lateral margin.
Taoka Maori, Archaeology
Porcellanite core that is mid brown and dark brown in colour. It has flake scars, and a section of cortex present on one side.
Complete porcellanite blade. Dark red in colour.
Complete porcellanite boring tool. Shaped from a blade with the bulb and ridge still present, and the distal edge reduced to a point.
Dark brown porcellanite flake. Cortex on the dorsal surface. Bifacial retouch on one of the lateral margins. Unifacial retouch on the other lateral margin.
Complete porcellanite blade. Dark brown in colour. Flake scars on the dorsal surface. Extensively bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.
Triangular porcellanite flake. Cortex visible at proximal end. Ripples on ventral surface. Retouching on the proper right lateral margin.
Broken and split porcellanite blade, proximal portion and proper right side remaining. Dark brown in colour. Cortex and flake scars on the dorsal surface. Unifacial retouch on proper left side lateral margin.
Broken porcellanite blade, distal portion remaining. Cortex located at the distal end in the dorsal surface. White and light brown in colour.