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Broken silcrete blade with medial portion remaining. Light grey. Flake scar present on dorsal surface. Retouch on right lateral margin.

Silcrete flake. There is unifacial retouch on the distal edge that is on the ventral surface and unifacial retouch on the proper right lateral margin on the dorsal surface.

Silcrete flake.

Silcrete flake. There is some retouch around the lateral margins. Part b is a chisel, dark green argillite, finished and ground with secondary flaking and use-wear on blade. Possible source is Bluff-Greenhills (description by Russell Beck 18/08/2010)

Silcrete flake. There is some retouch.

Broken silcrete blade with medial portion remaining. Light grey. Flake scar present on dorsal surface. Unifacial retouch on both lateral margins

Silcrete flake. There is bifacial retouch on the lateral margin. Weathering on the straight lateral margin.

Silcrete flake. There are large flake scars or retouch around the lateral margin.

Broken silcrete blade with proximal portion remaining. Light grey. Flake scar present on dorsal surface. Retouch present on right lateral margin. Retouch present at the proximal end

Broken silcrete blade with medial portion remaining. Light grey, light red and white. Flake scar present on dorsal surface. Retouch on right lateral margin.

Broken silcrete blade with medial portion remaining. Flake scar present on dorsal surface. Retouch at proximal end.

Broken silcrete blade with medial portion remaining. Flake scar on dorsal surface. Retouch on left lateral margin.

Silcrete flake.

Complete adze. Plano-convex, with front flattened. Ground on front, the rest is heavily flaked. Butt has major differentiation, sides have been clearly reduced. Bevel continuous with blade, tapering down to cutting edge which is straight, chipped and moderately sharp.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, plano-convex (back flattened) at blade. Bruised with minor flaking. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll. Bevel demarcated by very faint horizontal line across blade. Cutting edge has been flaked away. Prominent sawing marks down the sides.

Broken adze (back portion of blade remaining). Cross-section is semi-circular with front flattened. Surface is bruised, except where broken. Butt mostly not present, reduction on sides just before top edge break. Bevel appears to be continuous with cutting edge, cutting edge not present. Entire front portion of blade broken off.

Broken adze (unknown fragment remaining). Cross-section triangular with apex to front. Surface is bruised on proper left and proper right, ground on back. No discernible work on bevel, cutting edge or butt. "Morven" written on back.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Bruised on front and sides on butt, flaked on poll, ground on back and small portion of upper blade present. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides slightly reduced. Bevel and cutting edge not present. "Morven" written on front.

Piece of worked pounamu/nephrite, possibly a pendant. One side exhibits inanga variety and other side totoweka variety pounamu; the split runs diagonally through the middle. Surface is ground smooth with some bruising and flaking. Proximal end has a small projection which is notched on each side at the base for suspension. Distal end resembles a fish tail, curved to one side with a notch at the distal edge.

Complete one-piece fishhook. The point has an internal barb and the shank has an internal barb on the head and external notches on the head.