1. Introduction. - Stratigraphy Paleoenvironment and Chronology. - 2. Contribution to the Stratigraphy of the Area of Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East. - 3. Middle Paleolithic Lakes in the Southwestern Desert of Egypt. - 4. Sedimentology of Pleistocene Deposits Associated with Middle Paleolithic Sites in Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East. - 5. Chemical Stratigraphy of Lacustrine Sequences Deposited During Latest Pleistocene Pluvial Periods in the Eastern Sahara. - 6. Lacustrine Paleoenvironments of the Area of Bir Sahara-Bir Tarfawi Area Reconstructed from Fossil Ostracods and the Chemistry of their Shells. - 7. Diatoms from the Pool in Section BT-A of Bir Tarfawi. - 8. The Middle Paleolithic Archaeofaunas from Bir Tarfawi (Western Desert Egypt). - 9. Fish Remains from the Last Interglacial at Bir Tarfawi (Eastern Sahara Egypt). - 10. Remains of Small Vertebrates from Bir Tarfawi and Their Paleoecological Significance. - 11. Uranium-Series Dating of Carbonates from Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East. - 12. Bir Tarfawi: A Stratigraphic Test of Uranium-Series Dating of Tooth Enamel. - 13. Thermoluminescence Dating of Deposits from the Area of Bir Sahara East and Bir Tarfawi. - 14. Thermoluminescence Dates for Burnt Earth Samples from Bir Sahara East and a Burnt Core from Bir Tarfawi. - 15. Optical Dating of Sediment Samples from Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East: An Initial Report. - 16. Electron Spin Resonance Dating of Tooth Enamel from Bir Tarfawi. - 17. ESR Study of Materials from the Middle Paleolithic of Bir Tarfawi. - 18. Chronology of Hominid Occupation at Bir Tarfawi and Bir Sahara East Based on the Epimerization of Isoleucine in Ostrich Eggshells. - Middle Paleolithic Archaeology Archaeological Sites in the Northern Part (Section BT-A) of Bir Tarfawi. - 19. The Analysis of Middle Paleolithic Artifacts. - 20. E-88-14: An Assemblage Associated with the Tarfawi White Lake. - 21. Work at BT-14 During 1974. - 22. BT-14 Main Excavation: The Archaeological Sequence of the East Lake (1986 and 1987 Seasons). - 23. E-87-5: Occupations Dating to the Grey Phases. - Archaeological Sites in the Central Part (Section BT-B) of Bir Tarfawi. - 24. E-86-1: A Site Associated with the Sand Pan. - 25. E-87-4: A Sand Pan Site. - 26. E-87-1: A Locality Associated with the Sand Pan Delta. - 27. E-86-2: Occupations During the Grey and Green Phases. - 28. E-86-3: An Assemblage in Hydromorphic and Basin-Edge Sands of the Lower Lake (Grey Phase 3). - 29. E-86-4: Artifacts in Marsh-Related Sands of the Lower Lake (Grey Phase 3). - 30. E-87-2: A Site in Lake-Margin Deposits of the Green Phase. - 31. E-87-3: A Small Dry-Season Occupation at the Onset of the Green Phase. - Archaeological Sites at Bir Sahara East. - 32. E-88-1: The Archaeology of the Sandsheet. - 33. BS-11: A Site in the Recessional Beach of West Lake 1. - 34. E-88-11: A Site Associated with West Lake 2. - 35. BS-12: A Site Associated with West Lake 2 (1988 Excavations). - 36. E-88-2: Occupations Associated with West Lake. - Syntheses. - 37. Spatial Analyses of Middle Paleolithic Localities in the Bir Tarfawi Basin: An Interpretative Studyad. - 38. Summary and Conclusions. - References. Language: English