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2018 Season

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

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