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2018 Season

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

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