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2018 Season

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

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