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2018 Season

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

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