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2018 Season

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

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