Apart from the stone walling, the rock art and digging stick weights there are other signs of previous human occupation of the area
An assortment of tools are found scattered around and in manufacturing area clusters at various places on the hike.
Below is an assortment of scrapers and stone flakes from the late stone age.
The flat long scraper is used for stripping bark and preparing tubers and other rough scraping work, a nice steepened edge is prepared on the stone specifically to strengthen and straighten it.
This one is made for fitting snugly in the hand for comfort during hour of long use and a more directed scraping point.
A More precision scraping tool made from a single flake, with a beautifully rounded outer edge. It is grey due to the patina that comes from weathering with age. The black flake shows the color it would have had when first made.
The business end, chipped from mush use.
an even more precise scraping tool, aptly named a thumbnail scraper. These are used for fine scraping work such as finishing off small parts of fine leather.
To be continued...
