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2018 Season

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

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