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Complete roughout. Stone. Mid grey and mid brown. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. On presumed blade end, bevel is unfinished and cutting edge is blunt and curved. Punawea written on front.

Broken adze (portion of cutting edge remaining). Stone. Mid grey. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is ground on front and bevel, flaked on all other surfaces. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, lightly chipped.

Complete adze. Greywacke. Dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, some bruising on butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. One chip towards the proper right side of cutting edge. Mataura written on back and front.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground with flake scars at left side and bruising to the right. Back of blade has flake scars as-well as being ground around bevel portion. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is very curved and sharp.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade is ground with scratch marks. Deep trench marking at butt portion of blade. Back of blade is also ground with flake scarring present. Deep flake scarring on right side of blade. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is demarcated with a distinct ridge. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, sides of butt and poll are bruised. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is blunt and curved.

Incomplete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. White in colour.

complete silcrete blade. Light grey in colour. Large flake scare on the dorsal surface and unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface.

Incomplete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. White in colour. Unifacial cortex on the dorsal surface.

Incomplete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. White in colour.

Incomplete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Mid brown in colour. Cortex present on the dorsal surface.

Incomplete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. White in colour.

Incomplete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. White and dark grey in colour.

Complete silcrete blade. Light grey and light orange in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Inclusions of quartz on blade. Unifacial retouch on left lateral margin at the medial and distal end

Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Light brown and mid orange in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Unifacial retouch on right lateral margin.

Complete silcrete blade that is light grey and mid brown in colour. There is a small section of the cortex present on the distal end of the dorsal surface. There is some flaking near the proximal end of the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on both lateral margins of the dorsal surface.

Complete silcrete blade. Dark grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on both lateral margins on the dorsal surface.

Silcrete flake. White in colour.

Complete adze Oval cross-section The surface is bruised on the proper right and left of the front and back, and on the front of the butt. There are flake scars at the poll and on the back of the butt. The bevel and the centre of the front and back are smooth There is a slight reduction at the sides of the butt. The cutting edge is sharp and symmetrical with a few small flake scars. The bruised surface on the sides of the blade outlines the sides of the bevel, but it is otherwise continuous with the blade. The front of the adze has two curved ridges from the cutting edge to the main part of the blade

Broken minnow shank fragment, base remaining. Cross-section is triangular. Reduction at apex.