Preface ........................................................ 9
1 Introduction ................................................ 11
2 Farafra depression and its surroundings ..................... 15
2.1 South Farafra playa .................................... 15
2.2 Comparisons with other sites ........................... 19
2.3 Wind regime ............................................ 20
2.4 Luminescence ages of preholocene semi-consolidated
sediments .............................................. 25
3 kharga-dakhla depressions ................................... 27
3.1 Abu El-Egl playa ....................................... 27
3.2 Comparisons with other sites in the Kharga-Dakhla
region ................................................. 32
4 Fayum depression: a comparison of dating methods ............ 34
5 General conclusion .......................................... 37
6 References .................................................. 40
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