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2018 Season

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

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