New Acquisitions

Grey silcrete core. No visible cortex. A reddish colour.

Yellow silcrete core. Cortex on the dorsal surface.

Light Brown chert core. Cortex on the dorsal, ventral faces and left lateral margin.

Grey Silcrete core. Cortex on the dorsal and ventral faces.

Incomplete adze. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is ground with bruising and flaking on sides. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by curved line running from corner to corner.

Complete adze. Rectangular at poll, asymmetrical at blade. The surface is ground with bruising all over and some flaking down the front left edge proper. The poll is flaked and the back of the shoulder has heavy flaking. Butt has minor differentiation - the left side proper shoulder is slightly tapered The bevel is demarcated by a ridge and curves down the cutting edge. The cutting edge is rounded, smooth and sharp with minor chipping.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Oval at break, lenticular at blade. The surface is ground toward the cutting edge, with bruising and flaking around the edges. Butt not present. The bevel is demarcated by a very faint line, with flaking on the proper left and a large flake on the proper right. The bevel curves down to a sharp, smooth cutting edge.

Chalcedony flake. Light blue and light purple in colour. Cortex present on the left lateral margin. Unifacial retouch on one lateral margin.

Moa bone, possible fishhook tab. No drill marks.

Broken bone point, tip remaining. Distal end is sharp.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp, with a latitudinal groove 37mm from the tip. There is a long, sawn eye near the proximal end that comes to a point.

Incomplete straight fishhook point fragment. Point portion present only.