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Analysis ofstone material from a quarryingsite and adze worlcingfloornear Riverton, Foveaux Strait (Site S 176/I) required new methods ofclassification sensitive to unfinished and rejected adze preforms and new approaches to the waste llakes derived from ditrerent stages of adze production and core preparation. A variety ofArchaic adze types were made at this site ioclud-109 large quadrangular-sectioned. triangular and reverse triangular, side-hafted adzes and many smaD trapezoidal and lenticular-sectioned adzes made from flakes. Adze making pro-ｾｵｲ･ ｳ were to some extent" formalised" and show regularities in order of llaking of butt and bevel. in orientation offtake blanks. and in bevel production. At the same time the artisans loOk advantage of Shortcuts otrered by the natural attributes of certain blocks. and reused broken preforms and fortuitously shaped waste llakes." Jig-saw" reconstructions showed that secondary flakes derived from the trimming of adze faces all possessed scars on their dorsal surfaces left by the reduction ofoverhanging platform edges with special hammers. Analysis of food refuse indicated thattbe site was a specialist camp wbose ocaapants lived OD nearby coastal and forest resources while engaged in adze manufacture.