New Acquisitions

Complete chisel. Plano-convex with back flattened. The surface is ground and has a piece taken out the top of the butt. A few chips on the blade. No distinction between the blade and the butt. No distinction between the blade and the butt.

Complete pounamu gouge. The surface is ground with natural flaking at the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and chipped on the proper right.

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 bone point, manufactured from hollow bone. Pointed at both ends, but one end is chipped.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Oblong rod shape, circular in cross-section. Both ends have roughly cut grooves consisting of prominent chisel marks around the perimeter, creating knobs. Surface is cracked with insect holes and natural knots.

Chert drill point. White, dark yellow, and cream in colour. Flake scars.

Chert drill point. Cream and dark yellow in colour. Flake scars present. Retouch present

Chalcedony drill point. Mid grey, cream, and dark yellow in colour. Flake scars present. Retouch present

Broken silcrete blade, medial portion remaining. Flake scars on both the dorsal and ventral surface. Bifacial retouching on both lateral margins