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2018 Season

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

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