Haast. — Researches in Sumner Jfoa Cave. 



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Appendix B. 



List of objects found in the lower or Moa-hunter deposits of the Moa-bonc 



Point Cave: 



• • • 



a. — Remains of Mammals. 

 Bones, human 

 Bones of ziphoid whales 

 Bones of sea leopard, Stenorhyachus 



leptonyx 

 Bones of fur seal, Arctocepltalus loba- 



tits {?) and clnereus 

 Bones of small fur seal, Gypsophoca 



subtropicalis ... 

 Bones of dog, Canis sp. 

 Bones of porpoise 



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• • 



• • 



b. — Remains of Birds. 



( 1 ) Extinct. 

 Bones of Dlnornls robust us 

 Bones of Palapteryx erassus 

 Bones of Euryapteryx gravis 

 Bones of Euryapteryx rheides 

 Bones of Meionornis casuarhnis 

 Bones of Meionornis didiformis 

 Bones of Aptornls defossor 

 Bones of Aptornls otldlformls 

 Fragments of bones of different species 

 Tracheal rings of Moas 



Portions of eggshells of Moas (trays) 



(2) Recent. 



Bones of Graculus punctatus, spotted 



shag 

 Bones of Ewhjptula undlna, small blue 



penguin 

 Bones of Anas supercillosa, grey duck 

 Bones of Graculus carbo, black shag 

 Bones of Graculus varius, pied shag 

 Bones of Graculus brevlrostris, white- 

 throated shag 

 Bones of Ossifraga giyantea, nell 

 Bones of Apteryx a us trails, large kiwi 

 Bones of Nestor meridionalis, kaka... 

 Bones otStringops Jiabroptilus,'kakxpo 

 Bones of tui, gulls, terns, and smaller 



birds, not yet determined 

 Feathers of Nestor meridkmolis, kaka 

 Feathers of ' >{fraga gigantea, nelly- 

 Feathers of Graculus punctatus, spot- 

 ted shag 

 Feathers of Circus ass fan Ills, harrier 



Feathers undetermined 



c. — Remains of Fishes. 

 Bones of OUgorus gigas, hapuku 



(Mollusks.) 

 Tin lo a uclcla n dlcus, trays . . . 

 Mesodesma cuneata, trays... 

 Mactra dlscors, trays 

 Artemis subrosea, trays 



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• • • 



Objects of Human Workmanship 



—In Bone. 



a. 



No. 

 1 



8 



39 



332 



27 



43 

 24 



13 



IS 

 35 



!>4 



17 



103 



1 



2 



51 



37 

 3 



10 



* 



67 

 17 



18 

 15 



12 



6 



3 

 5 



148 

 11 



1 



39 



1 

 5 



39 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Canine tooth of dog, bored at base . . . 



1 



Needle made of humerus of Os<[fraga 



gigantea, nelly 

 Awl made of distal end of tibia of 



Ossifraga fjhyiittxt, nelly 



Proximal end of humerus of < >*-<lfraga 

 giyantea, nelly, neatly cut off ... 



b. — In Wood. 



Apparatus for lighting tire by circular 

 motion, made of pukat< ;i, Athero- 

 sperma n ora><j awn dice 



Apparatus for lighting lire, by rub- 

 bing lengthwise, made of koma- 

 ku, Carpode tits serratus 



Portions of apparatus for lighting lire, 

 by rubbing lengthwise, made of 



komaku, Carpoaetus serratus ... 



Portions of apparatus for lighting fire 



by rubbing lengthwise, made of 



patete, Mellcope ternata 

 Portions of fork, made of manuka, 



Leptospcnmm scoparlum 

 Portions of spear, made of nene, Dra- 



cophyllum sp. 

 Pieces of timber, pukatea, Athero- 



sperma novoz-zealandioz 

 Piece of timber, portion of a canoe (?) 



of tawai, Fagus menziesii 

 Portions of pile, totara, Podocarpus 



totara 

 Chips of totara, Podocarpus totara ... 

 Fork made of manuka, Leptosperraum 



■ • • 



scopartum 



Piece of pukatea, Atherosperma 



novai'Zeatandke, portion of a 



canoe (?) 

 Pieces of tawa, Xesodaphne ta< , 

 probably portions of a bird spear 



c. — In Stone. 

 Polished stone implements, adze per- 



J vv v m • • m m • ■ . • 



Polished stone implements, frag- 

 ments. One of these resembles 

 the point of a tool called tamatau 

 by the Maoris, formerly used by 

 them to make fishhooks 



Pieces of gritty sandstone, taraiwaka 

 of Maoris; some with grooves 

 from sharpening tools 



Obsidian, tuhua ... 



Pumice stone 



Quartz, agate, chalcedony (cores) ... 



Chipped Hint implements, of which 

 ten are cores; of the re3t rive 

 only show any recognisable form, 

 of which two are spearheads, 

 three knives, the rest 

 mostly flakes 



being 



• ■ • 



Xo. 



1 



1 



1 



3 



1 



1 



1 



4 



1 



3 



1 



1 



1 



17 



4 

 4 

 2 



4 



ff • • 



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