Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
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Taoka Māori
Chert drill point. White, cream, and mid brown in colour. Flake scars on all surfaces. Weathering.
Chert drill point. Light grey and cream in colour. Flake scars on dorsal surface. Retouch on left lateral margin of dorsal surfaces.
Chert drill point. Dark red, white, and dark brown in colour. Cortex present on one surface. Some flake scars. Some weathering on one surface.
Chert drill point. Dark red and dark brown in colour. Flake scars present. Weathering on ventral surface.
Chert drill point. Mid brown in colour. Small amount of cortex present on dorsal surface.
Chert drill point. Dark red and dark brown in colour. Weathering on dorsal surface.
Chert drill point. Light brown in colour. Flake scars on all surfaces.
Chert drill point. Light brown and dark brown in colour. Flake scars on most surfaces. Weathered on most surfaces.
Chert drill point. Mid brown and dark brown in colour. Flake scars on most surfaces. Light weathering on all surfaces.
Mahi whakairo
Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Mostly ground surface, with areas of natural stone roughness. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, with sides slightly reduced. Bevel demarcated by a line.
Complete chert drill point. Light brown and mid brown in colour. Bifacial retouch on the left and right lateral margins. Flake scars present on the left lateral margin on the ventral surface. Cortex present on the dorsal surface at the proximal end.
Complete chert drill point that is dark brown and black in colour. Flake scars present on the proximal end of the dorsal surface. Unifacial retouch on the proper right lateral margin of the dorsal surface.
Complete chert drill point that is dark brown and mid brown in colour. There are flake scars across the dorsal surface and on the lateral margins of the ventral surface.
Complete chert drill point that is light brown and mid brown in colour. There is cortex on the medial portion of the proper left lateral margin of the dorsal surface. There are flake scars on the proper right lateral margin of the dorsal surface. There is unifacial retouching on both lateral margins of the dorsal surface.
Complete chert drill point that is mid grey and black in colour. There is a small section of cortex present on the dorsal surface and on the distal end. There is pattination on both lateral margins near the proximal end. There are flake scars across all surfaces.
Complete chert drill point that is dark grey and light brown in colour. There is cortex across both dorsal and ventral surfaces. There are flake scars across both lateral margins.
Complete chert drill point that is light brown and mid grey in colour. There is extensive flaking on the dorsal surface and lateral margins, there is minor flaking near the distal end on the ventral surface.
Complete chert drill point that is dark brown and dark grey in colour. There are flake scars across the dorsal surface and both lateral margins.
Complete chert drill point that is dark grey and mid grey in colour. There are flake scars across all surfaces. There is unifacial retouch on both lateral margins of the ventral surface.