Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
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Rock core. White and light grey in colour. Cortex present on one side.
Silcrete core. Light yellow and light grey in colour. Cortex present on one side.
Rock core. Light yellow and light grey in colour. Cortex present on one side.
Rock core. Light grey in colour. Cortex present on one side.
Complete Trapezoidal cross-section with back narrower than front. Front of adze has some grounding around bottom portion with bruising at poll/butt portion. Back of adze has bruising with grounding towards bevel portion. 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 demarcated with ridge. Cutting edge is curved and slightly blunt.
Rock core. Light yellow and dark red in colour. Cortex present on two sides.
Rock core. Mid grey and mid brown in colour. Cortex present on one side.
Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Dark brown in colour. Unifacial retouch on the ventral surface.
complete silcrete blade. Light brown and light grey in colour.
Complete silcrete blade. Light grey in colour. Unifacial retouch on the dorsal surface
Mostly complete silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Light grey in colour.
Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Light brown in colour. Quartz inclusion, unifacial bruising on the ventral surface.