Stone Knapping and Goat Butchering
One of the major focuses of the Archaeology module in the Turkana Basin is the use of stone tools in pre-historical times. Oldowan and [...]
Archaeological Survey at Ayangiyeng
For the second week of the archaeology module the students set off every morning to do some fieldwork at Ayangiyeng. On the first day [...]
Painting the Mural – The Conclusion
Last Sunday the students returned to the school for the fourth and final phase of the mural painting. It was time to finish the [...]
Camping trip to Nariokotome
On Thursday the students set off for a 3-day camping trip to Nariokotome with Dr. Lisa Hildebrand and Dr. Sonia Harmand. En route, we [...]
Introduction to Archaeological Survey and Stone Tool Illustration
Last week the student went out to survey a local gravel collection site for a taster session on how to use a Total Station [...]
Nut cracking by the Turkwel River
On the first day of the new module, Archaeology, taught by Dr. Sonia Harmand and Dr. Lisa Hildebrand, the students went down to the [...]
Painting the Mural Part 3 and The Eclipse Part 2
The mural in progress On Sunday the students returned for the third phase of mural painting at the school. The agenda for [...]
Solar Eclipse at TBI!
We are watching a total solar eclipse at TBI right now - here are a couple of photos... more soon Students watching the [...]
Happy Halloween!!!
There was much excitement at TBI with the eminent approach of Halloween. In preparation for the festivities the students carved some pumpkins and many [...]
Fossil Hunting by the Waterfront
The group trek through along the coast During the week, the TBI group went on their last field trip for the Human [...]
Sieving in South Turkwel
While Dr. Kimbel's team was out fossil hunting among the TBI outcrops, a smaller group of students headed out with Nyete back to South [...]
Fossil Finding in our Backyard
On Monday half of the students went to a sieving site with Nyete, while the other half went out to the TBI outcrops to [...]
Painting the Mural: Part Two
On Sunday the students returned to the school to begin the second phase of the mural: Outlining the main animals and painting in the [...]
Hunting for fossils in South Turkwel and the Napadet Hills
At the beginning of this week the students started the new module, Human Evolution, taught by professor Bill Kimbel. Over the last few days [...]
Painting a Mural at Nakwaperit
On Sunday, the students returned to the Nakwaperit Primary School to start off a project to give color to the walls of the main [...]
The end of Paleontology and the return to Lothagam.
The Paleontology module is winding down to a close, and for our last trip we returned to Lothagam - one of the most important [...]
Sunday Football Match!
The game is on! TBI (right) faces Nakwaperit Primary School (left). The Turkana Basin Institute Field School students and staff visited the [...]
Field School Visits 3 Ancient Fossil Sites
Today the Field School students spent the day in the field looking for fossils in three different sites: Lothodok, the edge of the Kalodir [...]
Screening for Morphology
Professor Doug Boyer teaches the students about taxonomic features. The Field School students spent the morning looking at some of the skeletal [...]
Fossil Hunting in the Napedet Hills
The Field School students visited different deposits in the Napedet Hills south of TBI this morning to look for fossils. This was to introduce [...]