Turkana Basin Institute Field School

Turkana Basin Institute Field School Archaeology, paleontology, and geology field school in Kenya. Apply now! www.turkanabasin.org/field

02/08/2021

Studying abroad is one of the most valuable investments students can make to prepare for the future. We are living in unprecedented times right now — global knowledge and understanding of the value of culture is a priceless asset in all areas and industry. Stony Brook's International Academic Prog...

05/12/2020

Archaeology often involves extensive surveys before embarking on actual surface collections and/or excavations. Students recently took a virtual tour of the Lothagam-Lokam locality on the west side of Lake Turkana, where they explored the research history of the site from 1960s to present. The Lotha...

04/28/2020

As we delve deeper into major innovations of earliest technologies in the archaeological record, TBI Origin Field School students have learnt to appreciate the importance of meticulously recording and analyzing data. The archaeological record involving stone tool technology is characterized by chang...

04/20/2020

The last course of the field school is underway, Archaeology of the Turkana Basin. Prof. Elisabeth Hildebrand from Stony Brook University joins us as the lead instructor of this course. She has been doing research on the west side of Lake Turkana for years, with a focus on Late Pleistocene and Holoc...

04/14/2020

As we approach the end of the Human Evolution course, students have been learning about the evolution of our own genus Homo. They have come to find out that climatic changes that happened about 3-2.5 mya seem to coincide with the evolutionary changes of our ancestors. We

04/07/2020

The quest to understand our origins has been a topic that has kept many paleoanthropologists engaged in reconstructing the evolutionary tree in the past few years. Fossil specimens from different sites in the world have been the primary source of data, most of which are from the Late Miocene period....

TBI Origins Field School students engage in a well-digging exercise during the Cultural Immersion module of the program....
04/02/2020

TBI Origins Field School students engage in a well-digging exercise during the Cultural Immersion module of the program. This is a common practice among the pastoral Dassanach community of eastern Lake Turkana because clean water is a very scarce resource. The essential knowledge of knowing where exactly to dig for water has been passed down generations among the Dassanach community.

03/30/2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students and instructors returned back to their home countries around mid-March. Since then, the Origins Field School has been utilizing virtual classes for its remaining two courses. Underway is the Human Evolution course, taught by Dr. Carrie Mongle. She is a postdoct...

TBI Ileret staff and the Spring 2020 Origins Field School group!
03/23/2020

TBI Ileret staff and the Spring 2020 Origins Field School group!

Edwin, chef at the Turkana Basin Institute, teaches the Spring 2020 field school students how to make delicious chapatis...
03/19/2020

Edwin, chef at the Turkana Basin Institute, teaches the Spring 2020 field school students how to make delicious chapatis for dinner.

03/17/2020

On Monday, students were introduced to the basics of anthropometrics, which are fundamental to understanding human physical variations in populations. Students have come to find out the importance of measuring weight, height, and body fat percentages in assessing diets and life-histories. As emphasi...

03/10/2020

Water is a vital but scarce resource for pastoral communities in the Turkana Basin. The situation has been worsened by climate change, which often results in prolonged periods of drought or floods. Water sources determine the movement pattern and settling sphere of people and their livestock. During...

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