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Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. Areas of back and front have bruising on them. Poll is also bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground. Natural rough areas on butt and sides. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Green stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the front narrower than the back. The surface is ground, with bruising on each side of the butt and flake scars at the cutting edge. There is major distinction between the butt and the blade, with rounded shoulders and a ridge on the front and a reduction of the sides of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp but has flake scars.

Complete adze. Grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground on the front of the blade and the bevel, bruised on the back of the blade, and flaked on the front and sides. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an asymmetrical ridge. The cutting edge is sharp and oblique.