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2018 Season

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

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