The UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey expedition conducted fieldwork between 1979 and 1980 in Tripolitania in order to investigate the long-term relationships between settlement, land use and environment on the desert margins. The expedition was led by Barri Jones, Graeme Barker and David Gilbertson, and resulted in the publication of Farming the Desert vol.s I and II, edited by Graeme Barker and David Mattingly.
The collection contains the field notes for the project, maps, plans, project reports, documents relating to preparations for expeditions, material relating to the publication of 'Farming the Desert' and other material. Please note that material relating to the pottery finds of the ULVS can be found in the John Dore papers, D18. Additional ULVS record sheets may be found in D10/10.
The series reference number of each wadi is the number allocated in Mattingly, David, Farming the Desert, vol. II.
The image below is of Shaik Kilani Baba, who participated in the ULVS project, playing Umm Sebha. It is from file D54/10/2.