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Rock flake. Dark red and mid red in colour. Unifacial retouching on both lateral margins.

Silcrete flake. Mid grey and light grey in colour. Cortex present on one surface.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal, back narrower than front. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground, sides of butt bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Sides heavily reduced, but flare out again at poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete tewhatewha. Chicken feathers are attached to the rapa (head). No other whakairo present. The opposite end tapers to a mata (point).

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze (still quite rough, but not quite a roughout) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front is bruised, flaked on back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Cutting edge as it is is blunt and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, till the poll end of butt where surface becomes flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, reduced on proper left side, notch chipped on front proper right side. Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is curved, angled towards proper right and sharp.

Broken silcrete blade, distal end remaining. Dark grey in colour.

Broken porcellanite blade, medial portion remaining. Dark red in colour. Weathering on one lateral margin, dorsal surface.

Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Light grey and light brown in colour. Weathering on both lateral margins.

Broken porcellanite blade, distal end remaining. Dark red and mid red in colour. Unifacial retouch on left lateral margin, dorsal surface. Weathering on right side of the dorsal surface.

Broken porcellanite blade, proximal end remaining. Mid grey and mid red in colour.

Broken porcellanite blade, medial portion remaining. Dark grey and light grey in colour. Weathering present on one lateral margin.

Broken porcellanite blade, distal end remaining. Light grey and light purple.

Broken porcellanite blade, proximal end remaining. Dark purple and dark grey in colour. Cortex present on left lateral margin.

Broken porcellanite blade, proximal end remaining. Mid grey and light grey in colour. Cortex present on dorsal surface near striking platform. Bifacial retouch on both lateral margins.

Rock flake. Dark red and mid grey in colour.

Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Mid grey in colour. Flake scars on ventral surface.