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Broken adze. Lower blade remaining. Rectangular. The surface of the back is mostly bruised and flaked with ground bevel. The surface of the front is mostly ground with some bruising and flaking. Dark brown speckling on surface of break and along surface of proper right side. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is rectangular, cross-section of butt is circular. Surface of blade is mostly ground, flaking on the sides. Surface of butt is mostly bruised, back is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken adze (Blade remaining) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. Proper right side is bruised. Proper left side is ground. Flaked on proper left side of front. Butt is not present. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight.

Incomplete adze, blade and bevel end only. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked was small ground areas. The bevel is flaked and the cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front is ground. Back is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze Cross-section is triangular, apex is towards the front. Surface of front is ground. The rest is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of back and blade is ground. Sides and front of butt is bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and curved.

Incomplete adze, blade and bevel end only. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked was small ground areas. The bevel is demarcated by a flake scar and the cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is mostly ground, brusing and flaking on butt. Minor differentiation between butt and blade. Front reduced to form small shoulder. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. Black stone. Thin rectangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised, with ground areas on the blade, and flaking on the sides. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is made distinct by its smooth surface. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with a chip on the proper right. "3-3-39" is written on pencil on the front of the blade.

Complete silcrete blade that is mid brown and mid grey in colour. It has a prominent errailure scar near the striking platform and ripples that run down to the termination. There is flaking on the proper right side of the dorsal surface and unifacial retouching on the proper right side of the dorsal surface. The blade has been broken in two but is glues back together. There is a hole near the proximal end that has been filled in with adhesive.

Broken silcrete blade with the distal portion remaining. Light grey and light brown in colour. It has a flake scar on the proper right side of the dorsal surface. There is some minor unifacial retouching on the dorsal side. There is a portion of the cortex on the dorsal side.

Incomplete silcrete blade distil portion remaining. White and light pink in colour.

Incomplete silcrete blade medial portion remaining. Mid brown in colour. Liken present on the ventral surface.

Complete silcrete blade. Light brown in colour. Liken present on the dorsal surface.

Incomplete silcrete blade distil portion remaining. White in colour. Bifacial liken present on both lateral margins.

Silcrete flake. Dark brown in colour.

Incomplete silcrete blade distil portion remaining. White in colour.

Piece of worked schist, use unknown, possibly a grinding stone. Flat on both sides and tapering toward one end.

Large piece of Kuri (dog) skin with remnants of muka (flax fiber) thread stitching on one side. Poor condition with holes from ? Previous pests.