A new American expedition left on June 30, 2002 with destination Kenya to explore the mount Kasigau in search of the stone-age settlements, which is the home of the Taita People. The members of this expedition slept in the jungle-covered mountain for about a week to explore the nearby area where caves and rock shelters dot the lands that were used as burial places and defense posts from hostile tribes. What follows is a report of Dan Melone, expedition's leader, concerning the progress of this expedition.

"Our expedition to Kenya was a success and many sites were found by me personally. The majority of the sites found were stone age settlements ranging from village sites, rock shelters and one cave with covered entrance.

I had the command of a small team of six persons, myself, three porters, one guide and one guard. Our mission was to climb the mountain and search for any trace of stone age settlements as well as terrace gardens and burials. 

Within our objective was also the duty to find the water source and get soil samples to be analyzed by our geologist. Our supplies (water and food) were carried by the porters and we had made plans to spend two nights in tents on the mountain but we found difficulties on the second day after when we came upon a dead end and we were forced to go back.

However, we discovered two huge village sites (one of which was also a trade route), burials and terrace gardens. We were not able to proceed farther to the water source but it was definitely in our plan to make this attempt some days later with more success."

                                                          Daniel T. Melone - Leader of the expedition