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2018 Season

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

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