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2018 Season

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

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