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