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Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Stone. Dark grey, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front is mostly ground, with some flaking scars. sides are flaked, back is bruised except for bevel which is ground. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, some light chipping. False Is. written on front.

Adze roughout. Light grey stone. Triangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is a reduction in the stone on one side of the butt but otherwise no distinction. There is no bevel. It is unclear which is the front of the adze. The cutting edge is blunt and flaked. The solution applied on top/beneath the written accession number has made a large stain. "Colac" is written on one side in pencil.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone. The cross-section is asymmetrical quadrangular. The surface is flaked and bruised with a ground lower blade. There is a slight reduction in the stone from flake scars at the proper left front of the butt. There is otherwise no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular line of bruising. The cutting edge is straight and chipped. The front lower blade is concave.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, flaked on butt. Small flake on lower proper right side, near the blade. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Broken adze (everything but cutting edge remaining). Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground. Large flake on the back half of butt. Bruised on sides. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge missing.

Incomplete mid grey silcrete blade. Missing proximal and distal ends. Bifacial retouch on the dorsal face.

Incomplete light grey silcrete blade. Missing the distal portion. Flake scars on the ventral surface and along the left lateral margin. There is also unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin. There are dotted vivid markings on the right distal margin on the dorsal face.

Incomplete light brown silcrete blade. Missing distal tip. Bifacial retouch and flake scarring on both lateral and margins and faces.

Incomplete light brown silcrete blade. Missing proximal portion and missing the distal point. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins with heavy flake scars.

Incomplete dark grey silcrete blade. Missing both distal and proximal margins. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins. The distal margin has been smoothed off.

Incomplete mid grey silcrete blade. Missing distal portion. Unifacial retouch on both lateral margins on the ventral face. Flake scaring along the lateral margins and both faces. Dotted vivid markings on the dorsal face along the left margin at the proximal end.

Incomplete dark brown to light green silcrete blade. Missing distal end. Cortex on the dorsal surface. No retouch.

Incomplete dark greywacke blade. Missing tip of the distal end and missing some of the proximal end. Unifacial retouch on the right lateral margin of the dorsal face. Flake scars along both lateral margins.

Complete dark brown silcrete blade. Unifacial retouch on both lateral margins, along with heavy flake scarring. Flake scarring along the dorsal ridge.

Incomplete light grey silcrete blade. Missing distal and proximal portions. Unifacial retouch on both lateral margins with heavy flake scars along the dorsal face.

Incomplete light grey silcrete blade. Missing tip on the distal end. There is unifacial retouch on both lateral margins on the dorsal face. Along with flake scars on the dorsal ridge.

Broken silcrete blade, proximal end remaining. Mid grey and light grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin, dorsal surface.

Almost complete silcrete blade, termination not present. Mid grey and light red in colour. Unifacial retouch on right lateral margin, dorsal surface.

Broken silcrete blade, proximal end remaining, bulb of percussion missing. Light brown and light grey in colour. Bifacial retouch on right lateral margin. Unifacial retouch on left lateral margin, ventral surface.

Broken blade, unknown rock type, split along the right lateral margin. Mid brown and light grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on the left lateral margin, ventral surface.