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2007 Season

packing field gear at the NMK Nairobi_2
Nasura 1 - Sammy, Ali Leiyo and Freddy helping to make shadow for Hélène's photos!_2
collecting firewood
Crossing the river to get to Turkana_9
Jean-Jacques Tiercelin and Sonia Harmand copy
unearthing the bread
Outlining Sammy
The Nasura 1 excavation progressing
Stuck fast in the muddy lagga!
Crossing the river to get to Turkana_3
Kokiselei lagga
how many geologists does it take to change a lighbulb? 5, apparently!
Kamoya Kimeu at the sieve searching for finds
Sandrine holding a new fossil find
Crossing the river to get to Turkana_7
Kokiselei 6 - Sammy, Daoudi, BK, Ali and Francis helping to make shadow for Hélène's photos!
crocodile imprint in the sand
the camp kitchen
taking aerial photos with a helium balloon
Nasura 1 - Sammy, Daoudi, Leiyo, Ali and Freddy helping to make shadow for Hélène's photos!
Exploring Kokiselei Site Complex
Geologist Mathieu Schuster on top of the world
Crossing the river to get to Turkana_4
French ambassador and team visiting sites with Sonia
flash flood next to camp
(L-R) Daoudi, BK, Ali and Francis
Yoga-photos at KS6
Fossils eroding out
Refueling cars on the road
packing field gear at the NMK Nairobi_4
Sammy Lokorodi
local folks visit the camp
Crossing the river to get to Turkana_8
Getting some peace and quiet
Nasura 1 - Ali, Freddy, Leiyo, and Sammy helping to make shadow for Hélène's photos!_4
at the airstrip 610
Crossing the river to get to Turkana
Basecamp 6147
Home for one month!
On ze road copy
Our Support Team (or part of it!)
Kokiselei 6 - Sammy, Daoudi, BK, Ali and Francis helping to make shadow for Hélène's photos!_2
fresh bread from the oven
Exacavation at KS6
stuck in the mud
taking off!
Freddy with ALL the hats_2
Sourcing experimental rock samples_3
Jean-Jacques Tiercelin and Sonia Harmand, in synchrony copy
Sammy taking a break on a rock!
Geologist Jean-Jacques Tiercelin and Francis
helping others to cross the river on the way to Turkana
Sonia lifting off
Nasura 1 - Freddy, Ali, Hélène, Leiyo and Sammy
flash flood at the camp_3
flash flood at the camp_2
camp shower room
packing field gear at the NMK Nairobi
On the way 5117
Unearthing an oldowan flake at Nasura 1
packing field gear at the NMK Nairobi_5
organising the excavation tools
Crossing the river to get to Turkana_2
Digging out the car
Nasura 1 - Ali, Leiyo, Freddy and Sammy helping to make shadow for Sonia's photos!
Jean-Jacques Tiercelin and Craig Feibel discussing Geology
Crossing the river to get to Turkana_6
Birthday cake at camp
the showerroom
Kamoya Kimeu and Sammy Lokorodi
Kamoya Kimeu surveying
Freddy with ALL the hats
Kamoya Kimeu labelling fossils
Arnauld Lenoble doing geology
packing field gear at the NMK Nairobi_3
in the shower
Kamoya Kimeu at Lake Turkana
Crossing the river to get to Turkana_5
Sourcing experimental rock samples_2
On the road to Turkana
Lake Turkana
Sourcing experimental rock samples
Kokiselei 6 - Sammy, Daoudi, BK, Ali and Francis helping to make shadow for Hélène's photos!_3
Nasura 1 excavation trench with rocks to protect walls
A portrait of Sammy
Hélène Roche exacavating KS6
Nasura 1 trench section - in shadow!
Geo Mathieu Schuster working hard
the camp fire
Sammy with a makeshift waterbottle
Sourcing geological samples
Kamoya Kimeu & Hélène Roche

 

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