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
West Turkana Archaeological Project 