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