IDNO

LS.115765.TC1

Description

Close up view of a man excavating from a cliff to the left of the picture. [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 (b) of Plate 7, page 315 of ‘Prehistory & Pleistocene Geology in Cyrenaican Libya’ by McBurney and Hey, with the following caption:
"Hajj Creiem: excavation in progress [1947]. The cultural layer, partially excavated, is seen to the right of the seated figure."
[EMR 31/8/2012]