Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining with termination missing. Light brown and mid yellow in colour. Weathering on ventral side, flake scar at proper right distal end. Unifacial retouch on both lateral margins.
Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and light brown in colour. Weathering on proper left lateral margin. White cortex down nearly whole proper left side. Unifacial retouch along proper right lateral margin and distal end
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Mid grey in colour. Cortex present on the right lateral margin.
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Light pink in colour. Unifacial retouch present on the ventral surface on the left lateral margin.
Complete silcrete blade. White in colour.
Complete silcrete blade. White in colour. Unifacial cortex present on the dorsal surface on the left lateral margin.
Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining. Light grey in colour. Cortex present at the proximal end. Unifacial retouch on both lateral margins.
Mostly complete silcrete blade, termination point not present. White and light yellow in colour. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface of both lateral margins
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Light brown and light grey in colour. Cortex on the left side of the dorsal surface. Unifacial retouch on the ventral surface of both lateral margins.
Mahi whakairo
Broken chisel Plano-convex. The surface is ground and flaked with small area of bruising. Cutting edge is not present.
Silcrete flake. Light grey, mid grey, and mid brown. Cortex on lateral margin. Weathering on one surface. Unilateral retouch on one surface. Flake scars on one lateral margin unifacially.
Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Cream, dark yellow and mid grey. Weathering on right dorsal surface. Bilateral retouch on dorsal surface.
Silcrete Flake. Mid and dark grey. Weathering on dorsal surface, lower left portion. Bilateral retouch on dorsal surface margins.
Rock flake. Cream, light red, and black. Cortex on left lateral surface. Small amounts of retouch on right lateral margin on dorsal surface.
Silcrete flake. Light yellow, dark brown, and dark yellow. Weathering on dorsal and ventral surface, heavy weathering on right lateral margin and distal margin. Bifacial retouch on left lateral margin.
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Dark yellow, mid grey, and dark brown in colour. Weathering on lower left ventral margin, and ventral surface. Bifacial retouch on bilateral margins.
Silcrete flake. Cream, mid brown, and light yellow. Bifacial retouch on right lateral margin. Moderate flake scar on dorsal surface.
Silcrete Flake. Dark red and dark brown. Cortex on lateral margin. Unifacial retouch on one margin.
Silcrete flake. Dark grey, cream, mid brown, and dark red. Weathering unilaterally on ventral surface.
Silcrete flake. Dark and mid brown. Weathering on ventral surface and upper dorsal surface. Bifacial retouch on bilateral margins.