The author of the book, Sampson Adamandios, an archaeologist and professor in the Department of Mediterranean Studies, specializing in the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, presents through this bilingual (Greek and English) text all the elements concerning Mesolithic Greece related to the Environment, Economy, and Technology, by regions and through color photographs, findings, explanatory sketches, maps, and scientific tables.

Contents:

1. The Mesolithic Period in Northwestern Greece and Thessaly
2. The Mesolithic Period in Central Greece
3. The Mesolithic Period in the Peloponnese
4. The Mesolithic Period in the Northern Aegean area
5. The Mesolithic Period in the Central and Southern Aegean - The Mesolithic Period in Ikaria - The Prehistory of Kythnos and the Mesolithic settlement at Loutra
6. General Conclusions - The Climate and Environment in the Early Holocene - Mesolithic Economy - Chronology of the Greek Mesolithic Period - The Greek Mesolithic Period and its relationships with cultures of the Near East and Anatolia - Mesolithic habitation in Europe - Funerary practices in Greece during the Mesolithic period and relationships with other cultures - Navigation and movements in the Mesolithic Aegean - Art in the Mesolithic Period - The use of Clay in the Mesolithic Period - The Mesolithic Period in Greece and its prospects
7. The Aegean Mesolithic Period: A hybrid culture, with an extroverted society