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2018 Season

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

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