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