Nikolaos Stampolidis

Nikolaos (Nikolas) Chr. Stampolidis ⟨Greek: Νικόλαος (Νικόλας) Χρ. Σταμπολίδης; born 1951 Chania⟩ is a Greek archaeologist who specializes in Geometric and Archaic early Greek history.

Early life

Stampolidis was born and grew up in Chania, Crete. His parents were refugees from Asia Minor, who emigrated to Greece during the forced population exchange of 1923.

Career

Stampolidis obtained a degree in archaeology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Department of History and Archaeology) in 1974. He then pursued graduate studies at the University of Bonn (1975-1978) and completed his doctorate at Thessaloniki (1979),[1] where he was a student of Manolis Andronikos. In 1984, he was elected a Lecturer at the University of Crete, where he is currently a full Professor of Classical Archaeology.[2] Stampolidis has excavated sites in Vergina, Chalkidiki, Rhodes and Crete. Since 1985, he has been excavating the site of Eleutherna.[3] Stampolidis is also the Director of the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens and a member of the Central Archaeological Council of Greece.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ο Βωμός του Διονύσου στην Κω. Συμβολή στη μελέτη της ελληνιστικής γλυπτικής και αρχιτεκτονικής, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1981.
  2. ↑ Stampolidis' bio from UoC
  3. ↑ Eleutherna and the Eastern Mediterranean during the 8th and 7th cent. B.C., Acta of the Intern. Symp. On the Interconnections in the Mediterranean 2500-500 B.C., Athens 1996.

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