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Complete adze. Black and grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular on the blade and half-circular on the butt. Surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. Proper right side is slightly reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.
Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is rough, blunt and flaked.
Complete Trapezoidal, back slightly narrower than front. Surface is ground and bruised. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is Sharp, wide and curved.
Complete Trapezoidal cross-section. Front of blade has bruising with some small grounding spots. Back of blade has more bruising. Differentiation between the butt and the blade. Distinct shoulder and a reduction in the stone on the front and sides of the butt. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is curved with small chip and blunt.
Silcrete flake. White in colour.
Complete adze. The cross section is asymmetrical: approximately rectangular, but with a sawing mark on the proper left side resulting in the back being narrower then the front. The surface is predominantly ground with some bruising on the sides and edges. There are transverse grooves on the front of the butt which may be hafting scars. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is asymmetrical: slightly curved with the proper right side of the blade longer than the left. It is sharp, but has a small chip in the centre.
Stone drill point. Dark red and mid red in colour.
Stone drill point. Light red in colour. Flat proximal end, pointed distal end.
Broken silcrete blade, distal portion remaining. Light grey in colour.
Silcrete drill point. Light yellow in colour.
Complete adze. Asymmetrical. Surface is bruised. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a very faint curved line. Cutting edge is slightly rounded, sharp and has minor chipping.
Complete adze. Oval. Ground with heavy bruising and moderate flaking on front and sides. Butt has minor differentiation - front shoulder is slightly raised and sides taper toward poll. Bevel demarcated by a very faint line angling up the blade from the left side proper. Cutting edge is straight and slightly sharp.