2019 Season View of Lake Turkana and North Island Topographer Vincent at the end of a hard day The night sky at the Turkana Basin Institute, Turkwel Excavation underway on a steep hillside Dramatic skies over Lomekwi geology Desert rains tempt out desert flowers Surface finds like this handle litter the ground at Nadung’a A rainstorm brings problems for one of our excavation trenches Fresh tarmac on the road north, into the field from Lodwar Children watching the camp set-up Young girls collecting firewood Steps cut into the hill to access the excavation A lonely palm tree in the middle of a sandy dry riverbed Excavation tools Sonia making a phonecall in Katiko town The soft beauty of Turkana desert flowers Goats take shade in the mid-day sun Starting the dig Finalising the camp gear inside the lorry before heading out to the field A Turkana woman waits at the Nariokotome dispensary A small Acheulean core used to produce flakes Nadung’a flycamp at night Waiting to start the excavation Life sprouts among burned surface rocks Busy times at the excavation The real scale of the Turkana landscape A new Acheulean site discovered at Nadung’a The WTAP team in silhouette Looking north towards the Acheulean sites of the Nadung’a Site Complex Watching as the excavation gets underway A meeting with the Chief Students on survey Under the shade at lunchtime Sundown at Nariokotome town Lomekwi geology Discoidal core near Nadung’a Bags of charcoal for sale Digging underway in a difficult hillside location A test pit revealing Acheulean tools at Nadung’a A new site being excavated into a steep hillside A weathered Acheulean handaxe found on the surface On survey for lithics Preparing the trench to re-open the excavation A mural at the Nariokotome dispensary as WTAP members wait for results Acheulean stone tools found at Nadung’a The colours and crazy layout of the Lodwar Lodge A boy with a large pot waits for his grandmother to come home Nariokotome town A landscape view of the work WTAP team on survey Unless otherwise stated, all images ©Nicholas Taylor/MPK-WTAP Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading...