"This book is the first major review of the Mesolithic age of Greece,"
writes Colin Renfrew "If the (Franchthi Cave publications) represent a
first milestone in mesolithic studies in the Aegean, this volume
certainly constitutes a second. It establishes a perspective going
beyond that of the single key site, allowing earlier finds such as those
from Sidari on Corfu to be re-assessed, and including more recent
discoveries at the Theopetra Cave, at the Cave of Cyclope on Youra, and
from the Klisoura Gorge. The book moreover develops a number of
methodological advances, along with a careful review of the chronology.
It embarks also upon detailed investigations of the fauna and
microfauna."