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2018 Season

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

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