George Hourmouziadis, Greek archaeologist and academic (born 1932)

George Hourmouziadis was a Greek archaeologist and professor emeritus of prehistoric archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He led excavations in many prehistoric settlements in Thessaly and Macedonia and in 1992 he started the excavation of the Neolithic lakeside settlement of Dispilio in Kastoria, Northwestern Greece. A myriad of items were discovered, which included ceramics, structural elements, seeds, bones, figurines, personal ornaments, three flutes and the Dispilio Tablet. He died on 16 October 2013 in Thessaloniki.