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Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Whakarite kai
Complete bone point of a composite fishhook. The bone is sharpened to a blunt point. The head of the bone has two knobs.
Bone harpoon head, broken at the tip and at the base. Single barb. Perforation in the centre, drill from both sides.
Complete sinker with shallow transverse groove. Flattened on one end, the other end is smaller.
Mostly complete slate stone knife, fragment of one side of cutting edge broken off. One side is flat, partially bruised and partially ground. The other side is convex and is entirely ground. It is rounded at the handheld end.
Complete sinker with deep transverse groove.
Broken slate knife, distal portion remaining. Surface is grounded and bruised on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.
Mostly complete slate knife; reduced and flaked on both lateral margins, one lateral margin possibly missing. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped. Surface is ground on both sides and bruised near haft on one side. Slight bevel is present at cutting edge and haft is flaked.
Fragment of schist knife, some of one lateral margin present. Surface is ground, bruising is present in the centre of both sides. Outer edge is flaked, no cutting edge or haft present.
Broken schist knife, portion of cutting edge remaining. Cutting edge is chipped and flaked, usewear present. Surface is bruised and flaked, especially at proximal edge. Bevel is present at cutting edge.
Broken schist knife, haft remaining. Cutting edge is not present. Surface is ground at distal end and bruised and flaked at proximal end. Usewear is present on lateral margins and one side.
Broken slate knife, cutting edge remaining. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped at distal end and blunt at remaining lateral margin. Surface is ground, slight bevel is present.
Broken slate knife, portion of haft and one lateral margin remaining. Outer surface is ground on one side and bruised on other side. Significant flaking is present around outer edge