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Broken unfinished adze, lower blade and bevel end only. Dark grey stone with a layer of red on the back. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped.

Complete adze (adze previously broken in 5 pieces, now fixed). Stone. Dark grey, light grey. Surface of lower blade is mostly ground, some bruising. Bruising on sides and butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, end of blade has two very prominent lugs. Front and sides heavily reduced after lugs, forming large shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a large ridge at chin, cutting edge is sharp and curved, fragment missing from proper right side of cutting edge. Greenhills Southland written on front, Greenhills written on back.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete unfinished adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The proper left side of the butt tapers in towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade and has a large chip at the cutting edge. The cutting edge is irregular.

Complete unfinished adze. Oval cross-section. The surface is bruised with some flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Adze roughout. Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is roughly flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The proper left side of the butt tapers in towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by scar ridges. The cutting edge is unworked and oblique

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, sides are bruised. Flaking on poll. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Broken slate knife, proximal end remaining. One portion of edge is blunt and has a slight bevel on both surfaces. Surface is ground on both sides. Haft end is flat. Broken in four pieces and glued back together.

Complete argillite knife. Cutting edge is blunt and chipped, with larger segment missing from middle. Both surfaces are ground with bruising. Haft is very flaked.

Complete argillite knife. Surface is bruised on both sides. Cutting edge is blunt and curved. Haft end is curved.

Mostly complete slate knife, with chip missing. Cutting edge is sharp. Both surfaces are ground and slightly bruised.

Complete slate knife. Surface is both ground and bruised on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Haft end is flat.

Complete rock knife. Surface is ground on one side and flaked on the other. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Haft end is curved.

Broken slate knife, half blade remaining. Surface is grounded on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Haft end is flat

Complete silcrete blade that is black and mid brown in colour. It has flaking on the proper left side of the ventral surface as well as on the proximal portion of the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on the proper right side of the ventral surface and on the proper left side of the dorsal surface.

Complete, silcrete blade that is mid brown and dark brown in colour. There is some flaking near the striking platform on the dorsal side. There is unifacial retouching on the proper right side of the dorsal surface and the proper left side of the ventral surface.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Silcrete core, light grey and mid grey in colour. There is no cortex present