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