Antonios Keramopoulos (; 1870 – 13 May 1960) was a

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archaeologist born in

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, then in the Ottoman Empire. He conducted numerous excavations studying Mycenean and classical Greek antiquities during the early 20th century, including excavations at the

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, the palace of

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and at

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. He also wrote studies about later Greek history. Among other things, he became known as a proponent of the theory of an autochthonous Greek origin of the

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in Greece. In 1911, Keramopoulos excavated part of a large

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complex in the

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, which may have been the city's

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. In 1926, he excavated a medieval cemetery in

, making in the process the earliest known study of post-Roman pottery in Greece. 1952, he was appointed by

John Papadimitriou John K. Papadimitriou (; – April 11, 1963) was a Greek archaeologist. Along with George E. Mylonas, George Mylonas, he excavated Grave Circle B, Mycenae, Grave Circle B, the oldest known monumentalized burials at the Bronze Age site of Myc ...

to a committee overseeing the excavation of

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, which had been discovered the previous year. He died in Athens on 13 May 1960.

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Keramopoulos, Antonios Mycenaean archaeologists Archaeologists of the Bronze Age Aegean Greek numismatists 1870 births 1960 deaths People from Vlasti Members of the Academy of Athens (modern) People from the Ottoman Empire {{Archaeologist-stub