Digging underway in a difficult hillside location
Desert rains tempt out desert flowers
Preparing the trench to re-open the excavation
Excavation underway on a steep hillside
A lonely palm tree in the middle of a sandy dry riverbed
Under the shade at lunchtime
A test pit revealing Acheulean tools at Nadung’a
Nariokotome town
The WTAP team in silhouette
Life sprouts among burned surface rocks
Sonia making a phonecall in Katiko town
Topographer Vincent at the end of a hard day
A meeting with the Chief
Excavation tools
A rainstorm brings problems for one of our excavation trenches
A Turkana woman waits at the Nariokotome dispensary
On survey for lithics
Students on survey
The real scale of the Turkana landscape
Waiting to start the excavation
A mural at the Nariokotome dispensary as WTAP members wait for results
Young girls collecting firewood
Watching as the excavation gets underway
Busy times at the excavation
A weathered Acheulean handaxe found on the surface
Dramatic skies over Lomekwi geology
Discoidal core near Nadung’a
Fresh tarmac on the road north, into the field from Lodwar
Lomekwi geology
A new Acheulean site discovered at Nadung’a
Finalising the camp gear inside the lorry before heading out to the field
A new site being excavated into a steep hillside
The soft beauty of Turkana desert flowers
View of Lake Turkana and North Island
Children watching the camp set-up
A small Acheulean core used to produce flakes
A landscape view of the work
Bags of charcoal for sale
Sundown at Nariokotome town
The colours and crazy layout of the Lodwar Lodge
Goats take shade in the mid-day sun
Nadung’a flycamp at night
Surface finds like this handle litter the ground at Nadung’a
Starting the dig
The night sky at the Turkana Basin Institute, Turkwel
Acheulean stone tools found at Nadung’a
Steps cut into the hill to access the excavation
Looking north towards the Acheulean sites of the Nadung’a Site Complex
WTAP team on survey
A boy with a large pot waits for his grandmother to come home
