IDNO

LS.115764.TC1

Description

View of a steep cliff in the background, with a rocky plain in the foreground. Two men who appear to be excavating are on a ledge in the cliff, under a small path. [JD 31/8/2012]

Place

N Africa; Libya; northern Cyrenaica; Gulf of Sirte; Hag Creiem

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

McBurneys and Hey’s Expeditions to northern Cyrenaican, 1947, 1948, and 1952

Date

circa 1947 - 1952

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Photograph (a) of Plate 7, page 315 of ‘Prehistory & Pleistocene Geology in Cyrenaican Libya’ by McBurney and Hey, with the following caption:
"Hajj Creiem: view of section when first discovered. The overlying pebbles and boulders belong to a very local deposit which may be an isolated remnant of the Younger Gravels."
[EMR 31/8/2012]