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The objective of this research is to advance the understanding of the Egyptian Eastern Desert region petroglyphs by means of three steps: 1) To order and analyse the available data; 2) To compare the Eastern Desert petroglyphs with those of neighbouring regions and 3) To determine what the Eastern Desert petroglyphs can tell us about the people responsible for them. The study then move towards an interpretation of the petroglyphs in terms of what they can tell us about the origins and development of Egyptian society. Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Environment-Human Interactions, Chapter 2. Selecting a Study Region: The Plateau Culture Area of North America, Chapter 3. Rufus Woods Lake Study Area (WA, USA), Chapter 4. Field Work, Laboratory Work, and Preliminary Results, Chapter 5. Isotope Record (Climate Proxy) from Hidden and Rinker's Lakes, Chapter 6. Pollen Record (Vegetation Proxy) from Five Lakes, Chapter 7. Charcoal Record (Fire Proxy) from Five Lakes, Chapter 8. Results and Discussion, Chapter 9. Conclusions.