George Hourmouziadis
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George Hourmouziadis is a Greek
archaeologist and Professor Emeritus of prehistoric archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
. He led excavations in many prehistoric settlements in Thessaly and Macedonia (such as Dimini, Arkadikos Dramas etc) and on 1992 he started the excavation of the neolithic lakeside settlement of Dispilio
in Kastoria, Northwestern Greece. A myriad of items were discovered, which included ceramics, structural elements, seeds, bones, figurines, personal ornaments, three flutes (considered the oldest in Europe) and the Dispilio Tablet
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The discovery of the wooden tablet was announced at a symposium in February 1994 at the University of Thessaloniki. The site's paleoenvironment, botany, fishing techniques, tools and ceramics were published informally in the June 2000 issue of Επτάκυκλος, a Greek archaeology magazine and in Hourmouziadis (2002).
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archaeologist and Professor Emeritus of prehistoric archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest Greek university, and the largest university in the Balkans. It was named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira, Chalcidice, about 55 km east of Thessaloniki, in Central Macedonia...
. He led excavations in many prehistoric settlements in Thessaly and Macedonia (such as Dimini, Arkadikos Dramas etc) and on 1992 he started the excavation of the neolithic lakeside settlement of Dispilio
Dispilio
Dispilio is an archaeological site containing remains of a Neolithic lakeshore settlement that occupied an artificial island near the modern village of Dispilio on Lake Orestiada in Kastoria Prefecture, Macedonia, Greece....
in Kastoria, Northwestern Greece. A myriad of items were discovered, which included ceramics, structural elements, seeds, bones, figurines, personal ornaments, three flutes (considered the oldest in Europe) and the Dispilio Tablet
Dispilio Tablet
The Dispilio Tablet is a wooden tablet bearing inscribed markings , unearthed during George Hourmouziadis's excavations of Dispilio in Greece and carbon 14-dated to about 7300 BP...
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The discovery of the wooden tablet was announced at a symposium in February 1994 at the University of Thessaloniki. The site's paleoenvironment, botany, fishing techniques, tools and ceramics were published informally in the June 2000 issue of Επτάκυκλος, a Greek archaeology magazine and in Hourmouziadis (2002).
Published works
- 1973 - G. H. Hourmouziadis. Neolithic Figurines.
- 1979 - G. H. Hourmouziadis. Neolithic Dimini. Volos: Etaireia Thessalikwn Erevnwn, 1979.
- Review, Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1981, vol. 101, p. 206-207
- 1982 - G. H. Hourmouziadis, P. Asimakopoulou-Atzaka, and K. A. Makris. Magnesia: the Story of a Civilization. Athens: Capon, Texas: Tornbooks, 1982. OCLC 59678966
- 1995 - G. H. Hourmouziadis. Analogies. Thessaloniki: Vanias, 1995.
- 1999 - G. H. Hourmouziadis. Earthen Words. Skopelos: Nisides, 1999.
- 2002 - G. H. Hourmouziadis, ed. The prehistoric research in Greece and its perspectives: Theoretical and Methodological considerations'. Thessaloniki: University Studio Press.
- 2002 - G. H. Hourmouziadis, ed. Dispilio, 7500 Years After'. Thessaloniki: University Studio Press.
- 2006 - G. H. Hourmouziadis Ανασκαφής Εγκόλπιον. Athens, 2006.