Adamantios Sampson, Professor, Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece.

Sampson and his team should be lauded for their determination and skill in presenting the evidence from this enigmatic archaeological palimpsest of a seasonally occupied site, visited occasionally by hunters, foragers, fisherman, and farmers of the northern Aegean from the ninth millennium B.C.E. onward. [...] the book at hand will certainly be appreciated by all those interested in the early prehistory of the Aegean islands.' -- AJA Online Book Reviews AJA Online Book Reviews

• 1. The Cave Setting and Stratigraphy, A. Sampson2. The Pottery Analysis, A. Sampson3. The Middle Neolithic Weavers Paint: Red Painted Patterns as Markers of the Local Group's Identity, S. Katsarou-Tzeveleki4. The Late Neolithic Painted and Burnished Decorated Wares, F. Mavridis5. The Lamps of the Roman Period, G.B. Koutsouflakis6. The Ground Stone Utensils and Miscellaneous Finds, A. Sampson and L. Orphanidis7. The Chipped Stone Artifacts, M. Kaczanowska and J.K. Kozlowski8. The Survey in the Deserted Islands of the Northern Sporades, A. Sampson9. The Animal-Husbandry Ethnoarchaeology of Alonnessos and the Deserted Islands in the Northern Sporades, A. Sampson10. A Mesolithic Cranial Vault and Other Human Remains, N. Poulianos11. Conclusions, A. Sampson