IDNO

LS.115773.TC1

Description

View of landscape with a rocky plain in the foreground and tall hills in the background. A man stands to the left of the photo, in the distance, appearing to be digging. [JD 31/8/2012]

Place

N Africa; Libya; northern Cyrenaica; Gulf of Sirte; Appollonia

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: A section of Photograph (a) of Plate 1, page 309 of ‘Prehistory & Pleistocene Geology in Cyrenaican Libya’ by McBurney and Hey, with the following caption:
"Coastal escarpment 4 and a half km. west of Apollonia. The gorge is Wadi Haula; the alluvial fan of the same wadi is seen in the foreground."
[EMR 31/8/2012]