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