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Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with wide, faint transverse lashing groove

Complete roughout, previously in two pieces broken when blade meet butt, now repaired. Cross section is rectangular.Surface Bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel and cutting edge not present.

Complete sinker with deep quartered lashing grooves. It is flattened on one side.

Incomplete Quadrangular cross-section. Front of adze is ground with flake scars. Back of adze is also ground with bruising and small flake scars. No differentiation between butt and blade as poll/butt portion is not present. Difficult to tell whether bevel is continuous on blade as blade/upper portion is broken off at bevel.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section. Front of adze is bruised with minimal flake scarring, and back of adze is also bruised with flake scarring. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated with ridge - though hard to tell has adze is quite rough. Cutting edge is on an angle and very blunt.

Complete Plano-convex (front flattened) cross-section. Front of adze is very flat and bruised. Back of adze is also bruised but with more distinct flake scarring. No differentiation between blade and butt, however butt portion tapers in towards the poll. Bevel has a ridge due to flake scarring. Cutting edge is slightly rounded and blunt/jagged.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section. Front of adze is bruised with flake scars. Back of adze is also bruised with flake scars. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is rounded and is slightly sharp with chips present.

Complete Plano-convex (front flattened) cross-section. Front of adze (brown/reddish) in colour) has bruising with flake scars around outer edges. Back of adze is also bruised with distinct flake scars. No differentiation between butt and blade, however butt portion tapers in slightly towards the poll. Bevel is demarcated with ridge. Cutting edge is irregular in shape and very blunt.

Incomplete Plano-convex (back flattened) cross-section at poll portion. Front of adze has bruising and back of adze has distinct flake scars. No differentiation between blade and butt as only butt potion is present. Blade has broke off adze. No bevel is present.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with shallow lashing groove.

Partial sinker with deep transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove

Complete, silcrete blade. Cream and light grey in colour. Cortex on the proper right side of the longitudinal ridge of the ventral side. Large flake scars on the ventral side.

Broken silcrete blade. Proximal end remains. It is light brown in colour. Dorsal surface contains a lot of flake scars. Unifacial retouch on dorsal right side.

Complete roughout (adze in two pieces, now fixed). Stone. Mid green, light grey, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front heavily reduced at end and slopes down towards poll, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a ridge at chin, flaked and unfinished. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, also unfinished. Papatowai written on front and back.

Broken adze (fragment where blade meets butt remaining). Stone. Black, light grey. Cross-section is oval on butt side, more rectangular on blade side. Surface of blade portion is ground, bruised on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front and proper side reduced forming shoulder. Proper left side of adze has been completely ground down. Papatowai written on front and back.

Broken adze (upper blade to butt remaining). Stone. Dark grey, light grey. Cross-section of butt is rectangular. Cross-section of blade is oval. Surface of front blade is ground. Other surfaces are flaked. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced forming shoulder. Bevel and cutting edge not present. Papatowai written on front.