Fanis Mavridis is an archaeologist of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Department of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology. He has studied archaeology at the department of History and Archaeology, Athens University and at a post graduate level, Prehistoric Archaeology (University of Athens) and Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy (Sheffield University). His PhD and post-doc research is related to the Stone Age of the Aegean islands. He has directed systematic and rescue excavations in the Cyclades, Euboea and Attica. His research interests include the Aegean Neolithic, island and cave archaeologies and Bronze Age Cyclades.