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Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Trapezoidal with front narrower than back The surface is ground on the front, with bruising across the front. The back is fully bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with cutting edge. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Lozenge. The surface is ground, with heavy bruising and flaking. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by ridge. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and on a straight angled line. Saw mark down the right side proper.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Rectangular The surface is ground, with bruising and flaking on large portions. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by strong straight line. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and straight.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Asymmetrical The surface is bruised and flaked Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by a prominent line. Cutting edge smooth, sharp and slightly curved, with left side proper corner missing.

Complete adze. The cross section is asymmetrical: the proper left side is lozenge shaped, the proper right side is trapezoidal with the front narrower then the back. The surface is predominantly ground. The sides and poll retain ridges from saw marks. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken adze, butt end remaining. The cross section is asymmetrical but approximately rectangular. The surface is flaked and ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel and cutting edge are absent.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical The surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with cutting edge. Cutting edge is straight and sharp

complete rectangular The surface is ground. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is slightly curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with areas of natural roughness. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll - more heavily tapered on proper right side. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight. Chipped on proper left side.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Rectangular Surface is ground on the front and flaked on the back. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and straight, angled up slightly toward the front right proper.

Complete adze. Rectangular Surface is ground with bruising and flaking on the back and on front right side proper. Butt has minor differentiation, left side has been reduced and shoulder raised. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and straight, angled up slightly toward the front left proper.

Complete adze Plano-convex, back flattened. Surface is ground, with flaking on the poll, front, back and sides. Butt undifferentiated and has been flaked away. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and straight, with the proper right corner flaked away.