Maxine R. Kleindienst

Maxine Kleindienst received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1959. She was a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto from 1978- 1998. Since 1998 she has been a Professor Emerita. She is also Co-Principal Investigator, Pleistocene Archaeology and Geoarchaeology, Dakhleh Oasis Project since 1986 and was Principal-Investigator, Pleistocene Archaeology and Geoarchaeology, and Director, Kharga Oasis Prehistoric Project, 2000-2004 and Co-Director, and Co-Investigator, Pleistocene Archaeology and Geoarchaeology, Kharga Oasis Prehistory Project, 2004 - 2014. She has published a number of papers on both Dakhleh and Kharga Oasis.