Collection Search

Complete Oval cross-section. The surface is ground and flaked with light bruising on the front of the blade. There is flaked reduction of the butt on the front and back. The bevel is continuous. The sides of the blade taper from the chin to the poll. The cutting edge is sharp and heavily flaked

Broken adze (Proper left side of cutting edge remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some flake scars. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Poll is angled down from proper right to proper left. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. Sthld written on back.

Broken adze (all but cutting edge remaining). Argillite. Black. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with flaking around sides and back of butt, some bruising on proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is broken off. "N.E.V Flats" written on poll end.

Complete adze. Stone. Stone is grey, patches of front and back stained red. Cross-section is oval. Surface of bevel is ground, all other surfaces are bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Residue of white sticker on front. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved. Unprov. written on proper right side of butt.

Argillite scraper. There is retouch along the proper right lateral margin. Surface of the dorsal side is very smooth. Distal end of the ventral surface also smooth, and rounded.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of blade is ground, surface of butt is bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides and front reduced. Bevel is demarcated by surface, where it changes from bruised on the butt to ground on the bevel and cutting edge. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Green stone. Cross-section is a half-circle. Surface is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides taper toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Large slab of sandstone with a broad flat surface, used as a grindstone.