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Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal face. Light green, grey in colour.
Whakarite kai
Broken sinker with faint transverse lashing groove
Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.
Complete sinker with very faint transverse lashing grooves at each end, extending across half of each side.
Stone flake. Black with light grey cortex on one side. Dorsal surface has unifacial retouch.
Broken silcrete blade that has the medial portion remaining. It is light brown and cream in colour. There is some flaking on the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on the proper right lateral margin of the dorsal surface.
Broken silcrete blade that has the proximal portion present. It is mid red and cream in colour. There is minor flaking near the proximal end on the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on both lateral margins of the dorsal surface.
Broken silcrete blade that has the distal portion present. It is mid grey and light grey in colour. There is flaking near the termination on both surfaces. There is unifacial retouching on the proper right lateral margin of the dorsal surface and bifacial retouching on the proper left lateral margin.
Complete silcrete blade that is dark grey and mid yellow in colour with a dark red section. There is some flaking near the proximal end on the dorsal surface and near the termination on the ventral surface. There is unifacial retouching on both lateral margins of the ventral surface.
Complete silcrete blade that is mid grey and dark grey in colour. The dorsal surface is very flaked. There is no retouching or cortex.
Broken silcrete blade that has the medial portion present. It is mid brown and black in colour. There is unifacial retouching on the proper left lateral margin of the dorsal surface and bifacial retouching on the proper right lateral margin.
Broken silcrete blade that has the terminal portion present. It is mid grey and mid brown in colour. There is flaking across the proper left side of the dorsal surface and near the proximal end on the ventral surface.
Broken silcrete blade that has the medial portion remaining. It is light grey and black in colour. There is bifacial retouching on both lateral margins. There is a section of the cortex present on the dorsal surface.
Complete silcrete blade that is mid grey and mid yellow in colour. There is a large flake near the distal end on the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on the proper right lateral margin of the dorsal surface.
Broken silcrete blade that has the terminal portion remaining. It is light grey and dark brown in colour. There is some flaking across the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on the proper left lateral margin on the dorsal surface. There is bifacial retouching on the proper left lateral margin.
Complete silcrete blade that is light brown and mid yellow in colour. There is flaking on the dorsal surface. There is a section of the cortex present on the dorsal surface near the longitudinal ridge. There is unifacial retouching on the proper left lateral margin of the ventral surface and bifacial retouching along the termination.
Broken silcrete blade that has the terminal portion present. It is light grey and mid brown in colour. There is a minor flake on the dorsal surface near the termination. There is unifacial retouching on the dorsal surface on the proper right lateral margin and on the proper left lateral margin of the ventral surface. There is a section of cortex present on the termination.
Broken silcrete blade that has the medial portion remaining. It is light grey and mid grey in colour. There is a flake on the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on the proper left and right lateral margins of the ventral surface.
Broken silcrete blade that has the terminal portion present. It is dark grey and light grey in colour. There is significant unifacial retouching on the proper left lateral margin of the dorsal surface and on the proper right lateral margin of the ventral surface.
Broken silcrete blade that has the terminal portion remaining. It is cream and dark grey in colour. There is major retouching on both the lateral margins of the dorsal surface.