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Complete adze Cross-section is asymmetrical Surface is bruised on the blades and sides. Surface of butt is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Roughout of adze. Mid grey stone. Irregular quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is a small irregular patch of ground stone. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with a large chip on the proper right.

Rough out, broken, indeterminate portion Rectangular There are flake scars on front, back and side surfaces.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly bruised. Bevel of the blade is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to form shoulder. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Dark brown stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground, flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is smooth and demarcated by a slight oblique chin. The cutting edge is curved and flaked on the front.

Complete adze. Green stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front, convex front and concave back. The surface is mostly bruised with flaking at the poll and cutting edge. There is a curved protruding shoulder on the front of the blade, with the stone of the butt reduced on the front and sides. The bevel is short and roughly flaked. The cutting edge is blunt and chipped.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section at the butt, triangular at the bevel. One side is roughly flaked, the other is flaked and bruised. It is unclear which is the front. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade apart from the bruising on one side of the butt. The sides of the blade taper in towards from the cutting edge to the poll. Both sides of the lower blade are flaked. The cutting edge is blunt and irregular.

Complete rough out Cross-section is oval. Surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.