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Some
of the crew put assemble the inverter together to produce
solar power to run computers.
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DISPATCH 02: Setting Up
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KOOBI FORA, Kenya
This week we are hoping to complete a big excavation at Ileret.
This is the site in
Area 12
when
in 2002 during the final weeks of the field season, one of the
team,
Robert Moru , found the
basicranium of a hominid protruding from the sediment.
On recovery it was beautifully preserved although its face was
missing. The lower jaw was intact and so there is a good chance
of finding more of this specimen in the excavation this year. We
will begin the excavation as soon as the camp is up.
The truck drove north from Koobi Fora three and a half hours to
Ileret. We are camped this year on the edge of a small pan close
to the road and some five kilometres from the site. The truck
carried the tents, supplies, fuel and water. All the drinking
water is brought from Koobi Fora so it is used with care. Water
for washing and showers is collected from the lake shore some 20
minutes away. Over the following two days the tents were put up,
the solar panels and inverter rigged, the camp kitchen in full
production. The camp is now set and the team spent a few days
looking for fossils in the Area awaiting the arrival of Meave
and Patrick Gathogo.
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