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2018 Season

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

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