Adamantios Sampson () is a Greek archaeologist who served as an Inspector of Antiquities for the Greek Administration of Antiquity. Since 1999, he has been a professor in the

University of the Aegean The University of the Aegean (UA; ) is a public, multi-campus university located in Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Rhodes, Syros and Lemnos, Greece. It was founded on March 20, 1984, by the Presidential Act 83/1984 and its administrative headquarters ar ...

, Department of Mediterranean Studies,

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Sampson specialised in research on prehistoric

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

and

Mesolithic The Mesolithic (Ancient Greek language, Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic i ...

sites in Southern Greece. Among the sites he has studied are the so-called Cave of the Cyclops on the islet of Youra near

Alonissos Alonnisos ( ), also transliterated as Alonissos, is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. After Skiathos and Skopelos it is the third member of the Northern Sporades. It is (2 nm) east of the island of Skopelos. Alonnisos is also the name of a ...

; the islet of Υali near

Nisyros Nisyros, also spelled Nisiros (; ), is a volcanic Greek island and municipality located in the Aegean Sea. It is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, situated between the islands of Kos and Tilos. Its shape is approximately round, with a ...

; the

Maroulas Maroulas () is a local community of the Rethymno Municipality in the Rethymno (regional unit) of the region of Crete established by Kallikratis reform. It is traditional settlement and is classified in Class II, that is of average cultural value ...

site on

Kythnos Kythnos (, ), commonly called Thermia (), is a Greek island and Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in the Western Cyclades between Kea (island), Kea and Serifos. It is from the Athenian harbor of Piraeus. The municipality Kythn ...

; the Kerame site on

Ikaria Ikaria, also spelled Icaria (; ), is a Greece, Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos. Administratively, Ikaria forms a separate municipality within the Ikaria (regional unit), Ikaria regional unit, ...

; Sarakenos Cave on

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (adm ...

; the "Skoteini cave" in

Euboea Euboea ( ; , ), also known by its modern spelling Evia ( ; , ), is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the sixth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by ...

and the "Cave of the Lakes" near

Kalavryta Kalavryta () is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli, G ...

Field experience

From 1973 to 1981, Sampson was the director of archaeological surveys and excavations of both prehistoric and historic periods in open air sites and caves in

(

Chalkis Chalcis (; Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: , ), also called Chalkida or Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief city of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved fro ...

, Eretria, Kyme,

Aliveri Aliveri () is a town and a community in the island of Evvoia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Tamyneoi, and the seat of the municipality Kymi-Aliveri. Aliveri is situated in the central part of the island, on the South Euboean Gulf. I ...

, Kerinthos,), Thebes,

Dodecanese The Dodecanese (, ; , ''Dodekánisa'' , ) are a group of 15 larger and 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited. This island group generally define ...

(

, Telos, Alimnia, Leros, Yali, Karpathos),

Peloponnese The Peloponnese ( ), Peloponnesus ( ; , ) or Morea (; ) is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridg ...

(Cave of Nestor, Kastria). From 1982 to 1990, Sampson was director of the Manika project. It involved systematic surveys and excavations in caves and neolithic open air sites in

and the surrounding islands. In 1986, using a grant from the

National Geographic Society The National Geographic Society, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, natural sc ...

, Sampson excavated an

Early Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

town and cemetery near Chalkis. Also in 1986, he excavated a Neolithic settlement and cemetery on Yali, near Nissiros. From 1986 to 1991, Sampson was the Director of the Skoteini Cave project, surveying and excavating a Neolithic settlement and cemetery. He was the director of the Cave of Lakes project, at Kastria, from 1992 to 1994, looking for Neolithic and Bronze Age deposits. Sampson also directed the Cave of Cyclope Project until 1996. This was surveying and excavating Neolithic,

and

Upper Palaeolithic The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. Very broadly, it dates to between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago (the beginning of the Holocene), according to some theories ...

finds In 1994, Sampson started directing the Cave of Sarakenos Project, excavating

Middle Palaeolithic The Middle Paleolithic (or Middle Palaeolithic) is the second subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. The term Middle Stone Age is used as an equivalent or a synonym for the Middle P ...

to MBA. Systematic surveys in the caves at the edge of the former lake Kopais. From 1995 to 2003, he directed the

Mykonos Mykonos (, ; ) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. At the 2021 census, there were 10,704 inhabitants, most of ...

Project, excavating at

Ftelia Ftelia () is an archaeological site located on a beach on the island of Mykonos, Greece. Archaeology This waterfront location has become known in late 1990s for the famous neolithic settlement found here. It is attributed to the Saliagos cult ...

, a

Late Neolithic In the Near Eastern archaeology, archaeology of Southwest Asia, the Late Neolithic, also known as the Ceramic Neolithic or Pottery Neolithic, is the final part of the Neolithic period, following on from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic and preceding th ...

settlement on the island. Director of the Maroulas Kythnos Project Systematic excavation of the Mesolithic settlement and surface survey of the island (1996–2005) Director of Ikaria Project 2004 ongoing Surveys and excavations in Mesolithic and Neolithic sites, ongoing Director of the Wadi Hamarash, Jordan Project 2006 ongoing Surface surveys and excavation in a PPNB settlement (8th mill. BC) and in a PPNA site (10th mill. BC)

Published works

*1981 - Eυβοϊκή Κύμη Ι (Εuboean Kyme I), Archive of Euboean Studies, Athens. *1981 - H Nεολιθική και η Πρωτοελλαδική Ι στην Εύβοια (The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age I in Euboea), PhD, Archive of Euboean Studies, Athens. *1985 - Mάνικα Ι. Μία Πρωτοελλαδική πόλη κοντά στη Χαλκίδα (Manika I. An Early Bronze Age settlement near Chalkis), Arch. of Euboean Studies, Athens. *1987 - Η Νεολιθική περίοδος στα Δωδεκάνησα (The Neolithic period in the Dodecanese),ΤAP Ministry of Culture, Athens. *1988 - Mάνικα ΙΙ. Ο ΠΕ οικισμός και το νεκροταφείο (Manika II. The Early Bronze Age settlement and cemetery), Municipality of Chalkis. *1993 - To σπήλαιο Σκοτεινή στα Θαρρούνια της Εύβοιας (Skoteini at Tharrounia. The cave, the settlement and the cemetery), Eph. of Spelaeology, Ministry of Culture, Athens. *1993 - Καλογερόβρυση. Ένας οικισμός της Πρώιμης Εποχής του Χαλκού στα Φύλλα της Εύβοιας (Κaloyerovrysi. A settlement of the Early Bronze Age at Phylla, Euboea), Eph. of Spelaeology, Ministry of Culture, Athens *1993 - Late Neolithic remains at Tharrounia, Euboea. A model for the seasonal use of settlements and caves, BSA 87, 61.. *1995 - Σκοπέλου Λαϊκός Πολιτισμός (The Folk Culture of Skopelos), Folk Museum of Skopelos. *1996 - Excavation at the Cave of Cyclope, Youra. In E. Alram-Stern, ed., ''Die Agaische Frühzeit (2. serie). Forschungsbericht 1975–1993''. Wien. pp. 507–520. *1997 - Η εθνοαρχαιολογία του Γυαλιού της Νισύρου: Εποχικές μετακινήσεις στα νησιά του ΝΑ Αιγαίου (The Ethnoarchaeology of Υali, Nisyros: Periodic Migrations in the islands of the Southeast Aegean), Athens: Dodecanesian Society for Literature and Arts. *1997 - Το σπήλαιο των Λιμνών στα Καστριά Καλαβρύτων: Μια προϊστορική θέση στην ορεινή Πελοπόννησο (The Cave of the Lakes at Kastria Kalavryta: A Prehistoric Site in the Ηighlands of the Peloponnese), Athens, Monograph in Society of Peloponnesian Studies. *1998 - The Neolithic and Mesolithic occupation of the Cave of Cyclope, Youra, Alonnessos, Greece. BSA 93, 1-21 *1998 - Sampson A., J. Kozlowski 1998, Εntre l' Anatolie et les Balkans: une sequence mésolithique-néolithique de l' ile de Youra (Sporades du Nord), in M. Otte (ed.), Prehistoire de l' Anatolie, Genése de deux mondes, ERAUL 1998, 125-141. *1998 - Sampson A., Y. Facorellis, Y. Maniatis 1998, New evidence for the cave occupation during the late Neolithic period in Greece, Proceedings of C14 Conference Lyon, 279. *1999 - Sampson A. & Ι. Liritzis 1999, Archaeological and archaeometrical research at Yali, Dodecanese, ΤUΒΑ-AR 2, 101-115 *1999 - Αulis mycenienne et la route maritime de l' Egee du Nord, volume in honour of Μ. Wiener, in R. Laffineur (ed.), Meletemata. Studies in Aegean Archaeology, III, 741-746. *1999 - Sampson A., J. Kozlowski 1999, The cave of Cyclope in the Northern Aegean. A specialized fishing shelter of the Mesolithic and the Neolithic period, Neo-lithics 3, Berlin. *2000 - Nήσος Σκόπελος. Μια ιστορική και αρχαιολογική αφήγηση (Skopelos. An historical and archaeological narration), Folk Museum of Skopelos. *2001 - Η αρχαιολογική έρευνα στις Βόρειες Σποράδες (The Archaeology of Northern Sporades), Municipality of Alonnessos. *2001 - Liritzis I. & A. Sampson 2001 (eds), The Aegean Basin between the Balkans, Anatolia and Near East. Local experimentation and outward interactions in an island society, Proceedings of symposium, Rhodes. *2002 - The Neolithic settlement at Ftelia, Mykonos, Univ. of the Aegean. *2002 - Sampson A., J. Kozlowski, M Kaczanowska, V. Giannouli 2002, The Mesolithic settlement at Maroulas, Kythnos, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 2, 45. *2002 - Katsarou S., A. Sampson, E. Dimou 2002, Obsidian as temper in the Neolithic pottery from Yali, Greece, Neolithic pottery, in V. Kilikoglou, A. Hein and Y. Maniatis (eds), Modern trends in scientific studies on Ancient Ceramics, ΒAR Inter. Series 1011, 111-120. *2003 - Sampson A., J. Kozlowski, M. Kaczanowska 2003, The Μesolithic chipped stone industries from the Cyclops Cave, in C. Perlès and N. Galanidou (eds), The Greek Mesolithic: problems and perspectives, BSA, London. *2005 - Early productive stages in the Aegean Basin from 9th to 7th mill BC, in C. Lichter (ed.), Anatolian-European relations from the second half of the 7th through the first half of the 6th mill BC, Istanbul, 131-142. *2005 - Sampson Α., J. K. Kozłowski, M. Kaczanowska 2005 - Prehistoric excavations in the Aegean, New Contributions to the Early Settlement of the Aegean Islands, Proceedings of Polish Academy. *2006 - Η προϊστορία του Αιγαίου, Παλαιολιθική, Μεσολιθική, Νεολιθική, (The prehistory of the Aegean Basin), ed. Atrapos, Athens. *2006 - Πολιτισμοί του Κόσμου. Σχεδίασμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας (Civilizations of the World) ed. Iolkos, Athens. *2006 - The Sarakenos Cave and the palaeoenvironment in the Copais Basin, Boeotia, Central Greece, in P. J. Smith (ed.), Cults, coins, history and inscriptions VII: Studies in honor of John M. Fossey III, 61-75. *2006 - Kaczanowska M., Kozlowski J. K., Sampson A. 2006, Neolithic Chipped Stone Industries from the Island of Rhodes : A Case Study of the Ayios Georgios Cave near Kalythies. In A. Erkanal-Öktü et al. (eds), Studies in Honor of Hayat Erkanal Cultural Reflections, İstanbul: Homer Kitabevi. *2007 - Προϊστορική Αρχαιολογία της Μεσογείου (The prehistory of the Mediterranean Basin), ed. Kardamitsa, Athens. *2008 - The Cyclops Cave on the island of Youra, Greece. Mesolithic and Neolithic networks in the Northern Aegean Basin, vol 1, INSTAP Monograph Series, Philadelphia. *2008 - The Neolithic and Bronze Age Occupation of the Sarakenos Cave in Boeotia. Cave Settlement Patterns and Population Movements in Central and Southern Greece, University of the Aegean and Polish Academy, Athens. *2008 - Sampson A., M. Kaczanowska, J. K. Kozlowski, The first Mesolithic site in the eastern part of the Aegean Basin: excavations into the site Kerame I on the island of Ikaria 2008, in Annual of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, 321-329. *2008 - Poulianos N. & A. Sampson 2008, Mesolithic human remains from Kythnos island, Greece, Human Evolution, 23, 187-203. *2008 - Sampson A. 2008, The architecture in the Neolithic settlement of Ftelia on Mykonos, in N. Brodie, J. Doole, G. Gavalas and C. Renfrew (eds), Horizon. A colloquium on the prehistory of the Cyclades, 29-38, Cambridge. *2008 - From the Mesolithic to the Neolithic: New data on Aegean Prehistory, in H. Erkanal, H. Hauptmann, V. Sahoglu and R. Tuncel (eds), The Aegean in the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age, Ankara, 503-516. *2008 - Sampson A. & P. Fotiadi 2008, EC II-III finds from Rivari, Melos, in N. Brodie, J. Doole, G. Gavalas and C. Renfrew (eds), Horizon. A colloquium on the prehistory of the Cyclades, 217-224, Cambridge. *2009 - Sampson A., M. Kaczanowska, J. Kozlowski 2009, Sarakenos Cave in Boeotia from Palaeolithic to the Early Bronze Age, in Eurasian Prehistory 6 (1), 1-33. *2010 - Sampson A., M. Kaczanowska, J. Kozlowski, The prehistory of the island of Kythnos and the Mesolithic settlement of Maroulas, Polish Academy and University of the Aegean, Kraków. *2010 - Μεσολιθική Ελλάδα. Παλαιοπεριβάλλον, Οικονομία, Τεχνολογία, (Μesolithic Greece). Palaeoenvironment, Palaeoeconomy and Technology, ed. Ion, Athens. *2011 - Wadi Hamarash. A new MPPNB site in Jordan, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 54, 73-84. *2011 - The excavation of 2010 at the Wadi Hamarash-Suweif (Ghawr as-Safi), Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 54, 85-94. *2011 - The Cave of the Cyclops, vol. II. INSTAP Monograph Series, Philadelphia. *2011 - Drivaliari A., I. Liritzis, A. Sampson 2011, Stable Isotopic analysis of the mollusk shells, in A. Sampson (ed.), The Cyclops Cave on the island of Youra, Greece. Mesolithic and Neolithic networks in the Northern Aegean Basin. Bone tool industries, Dietary resources and archaeometric studies, Vol. II, INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia, 385-390. *2011 - Laskaris A., Sampson A., F. Mavridis & I. Liritzis 2011, Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene seafaring in the Aegean: New obsidian hydration dates employing the novel SIMS-SS method, Journal of Archaeological Science, 38, 2475-2479. *2012 - The 2011 excavations at Wadi Hamarash 1 and Wadi Sharara, as-Safi, Jordan, ADAJ 55, 73-83. *2012 - Excavations at Wadi Hamarash 1 Sharara, in D.R. Keller, B. A. Porter, C. A. Turtle (eds), Archaeology in Jordan 2010 and 2011 seasons, American Journal of Archaeology, vol 116,723-725. *2012 - A. Sampson, J. Kozlowski, M. Kaczanowska, Mesolithic occupations and environments on the island of Ikaria, Aegean, Greece, monograph 80, Folia Quaternaria, Kraków. *2013 - Wadi Hamarash 1. An early PPNB settlement at Wasi al-Hasa, Jordan, University of the Aegean, Lab. of Environmental Archaeology Monographs, Rhodes. *2014 - To σπήλαιο Σαρακηνού στο Ακραίφνιο Βοιωτίας (The Sarakenos Cave at Akraiphnion, Boeotia), Univ. of the Aegean, Munic. of Orchomenos. *2014 - The Mesolithic of the Aegean Basin, in Manen C., Perrin T. & Guillaine J.(eds), The Neolithic transition in the Mediterranean, Errance, 193-212. *2014 -Ikaria. Prehistory and Ethnoarchaeology, Society for Ikarian Studies, Athens. *2015 -Kontopoulos I. & A. Sampson 2015, Prehistoric diet on the island of Euboea, Greece: an isotopic investigation, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 15, 97-111. *2015 -Orphanidis L. and A. Sampson 2015, The Sarakenos Cave at Akraiphion, Boeotia, Greece. Vol. III. The figurines of the Neolithic period, Athens. *2015 -The Aegean Mesolithic. Environment, Economy and seafaring, in A. J. Ammerman & T. Davis (eds), Island Archaeology and the Origins of Seafaring in the Eastern Mediterranean, Proceedings of the Wenner Gren Workshop held at Reggio Calabria, 2012 Eurasian Prehistory, 11 (1–2): 63–74. *2016 - Sampson A., J. Kozlowski, M. Kaczanowska 2016, Lithic industries of the Aegean Upper Mesolithic, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 16 No 3 (2016), pp. 229–243. *2016 - Kaczanowska M., J. Kozlowski, A. Sampson 2016, The Sarakenos Cave at Akraiphion, Boeotia, Greece. Vol. II. The Early Neolithic, the Mesolithic and the Upper Palaeolithic. The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kraków. *2016 - Manika. An Early Helladic settlement and cemetery, vol. II, 2nd ed. Athens. *2017 - Sampson A. & V. Mastroyiannopoulou 2017, Figurines from the Late Neolithic settlement of Ftelia, Mykonos, 30-38, in M. Marthari, C. Renfrew, M. J. Boyd (eds), Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context, Oxbow, 30-38.

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