This is the only volume to present significant results of research into the Pleistocene of the Western Desert of Egypt. Research on Pleistocene prehistoric remains in Dakhleh Oasis began during survey in the 1978 Dakhleh Oasis Project (DOP) season, with discovery of the ubiquity of stone artefacts. Dedicated work by both prehistorians and environmentalists continued until 2011. Comparative DOP reconnaissance and geological work in Kharga Oasis began in 1987, which morphed into the Kharga Oasis Prehistory Project (KOPP) in 2001. Papers on the Pleistocene research are focused on
geoarchaeological and palaeo-environmental data, reporting on different aspects of the off-site fieldwork conducted in the oases. Pleistocene finds and sequence are included. Detailed analyses of palaeolakes, the meteoritic Dakhleh Event, chronometric dating, and the 'empty desert hypothesis' employ state of the art research strategies and techniques to provide important information on Pleistocene human uses and habitability in the Western Desert. A summary paper and a Catalogue
of Pleistocene localities recorded in the Dakhleh Oasis survey are provided.

The volume will be a major contribution to the publication of the results of several decades
of work in a region where fieldwork is now increasingly difficult. This will be the only volume in which the significant results of the research into the Pleistocene of the Western Desert of Egypt appear. This has been undertaken under the auspices of the Dakhleh Oasis Project and its off-shoot The Kharga Oasis Prehistory Project. The preliminary results have been presented at various conferences and in articles that have all been well received. They incorporate state of the art research strategies and dating techniques. The volume will be a major contribution to the publication of the results of several decades of work in a region where fieldwork is now increasingly difficult.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Preface (Colin A. Hope)
• Foreword (Anthony J. Mills)
• Maxine R. Kleindienst (Charles S. Churcher)
• Acknowledgements (Maxine R. Kleindienst)
• Contents
• A Pleistocene Catastrophic Event at Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt (Maxine R. Kleindienst, Charles S. Churcher, Henry P. Schwarcz and Albert F. C. Haldemann)
• Great Lakes in the Dakhleh Oasis: Mid-Pleistocene Freshwater Lakes in the Dakhleh Oasis Depressions, Western Desert, Egypt (Charles S. Churcher and Maxine R. Kleindienst)
• The Khargan Complex vs. the ‘Empty Desert Hypothesis’, A Historical Perspective (Maxine R. Kleindienst)
• Some Observations on Palaeolakes and on Deposits at Kharga Oasis (Maxine R. Kleindienst)
• The Survey for Pleistocene Archaeological Localities, Dakhleh Oasis, 1978–2011: Summary of Finds in Relation to Palaeolandscapes (Maxine R. Kleindienst)
• 2019 Addendum to Dakhleh Pleistocene Survey. Chronostratigraphy at Dakhleh Oasis: A Geoarchaeological Perspective (Maxine R. Kleindienst)
• Supplementary Data: Co-ordinates and List of Pleistocene Localities Designated by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, 1978–2014
• Complete Catalogue of Designated Pleistocene Archaeological Areas and Localities, Dakhleh Oasis Region, Western Desert of Egypt