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2018 Season

Sunset afterglow near Lomekwi 3
Distant ridges in silhouette
A study of feet
Excavation
Stars and a water pump turbine
Total lunar eclipse of 2018
The flip-flops really tie the excavation trench together
Ready to takoff from the dry lakebed on Air Turkana
The backstreets of Lodwar
A beautiful Acheulean handaxe (weathered)
Student Evan Wilson
Long shadows at camp
Small Office, Home Office
The zig-zag of a lagga through sediments near Lomekwi 3, with sandrine in the distance
A typical Turkana church
Lodwar colours by night
A white cow eating trash in Lodwar
A typical Turkana house under construction
Kids in Lodwar
Lodwar nightlife
An ants eye view of the excavation
In situ Acheulean lithics
A fresh biface eroding from
A Turkana dispensary (medical centre)
Surveying for lithics near
Red, Amber and Green poolplayers at the Lodwar Lodge
Excavation test trench with car and Lomekwi 3 in the background
A meeting of minds 1,8 million years apart - Sammy with a cast of the Turkana boy near Nariokotome
Lothagam viewed from the air
Lodwar Lodge
At the local dispensary in Kataboi
Sunset
Student Evan Wilson resting
At the local dispensary (medical centre)
The moment of contact!
Jenna Anderson at our Acheulean flycamp
Students Evan Wilson and Jenna Anderson surveying near Lomekwi 3
Lodwar nights
Lodwar
The Milky Way
Nicholas, Jason and students Evan and Jenna climb a hill to get phone network
Heavy excavation work
Milky Way from TBI Turkwel
Ali Mwanza at our 6-person flycamp near Nariokotome
At camp during a total lunar eclipse
Monument to the Turkana boy at Nariokotome, where the fossils were recoveredJPG
The 2018 fieldcrew
Goats in line near Lomekwi 3
Returning to the rains of Nairobi after 6 weeks
Driving 3 hours through the night to hospital with a sick team-member
Dinnertime at TBI Turkwel
Echwa survey zone from the air
The fieldschool have found something interesting on survey
Young boy playing with a plastic drum
Stars over Lodwar
The scale of Turkana
A typical Turkana landscape
Phonolite lithics (blue) eroding from sediments near Kaitio
I was taking this photo in the middle of nowhere when a local lady came walking over the horizon
Daoudi, Ali and Mzee near Lomekwi 3
Day one, first breakdown
Typical geology in the Lomekwi area
View from Air Turkana on the return to Nairobi
A view from the car
A surface biface near Nariokotome
On of our local Turkana helpers with typical facial scarification
Hotel room bathroom at the Lodwar Lodge
No-one around for miles and then 4 people within 2 metres
Down-tools at lunchtime, when the excavation becomes suddenly silent
Anyone need a Yamaha keyboard?
Excavators Benjamin, Mzee, Veronica and Charles (L-R)
A weathered Acheulean biface on the surface
Unless otherwise stated, all images ©Nicholas Taylor/MPK-WTAP

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