[1] In 1973 he began working for the Department of Antiquities, from 1990 to 1997 he held the position of Curator of Monuments.
[1] In 1997 he succeeded Demos Christou in the position of the director of the Department, serving in that capacity until 2004.
[1][2] In his early years in the Deparment, he conducted survey work around Cyprus, especially in the districts of Famagusta and Kyrenia.
[3][4] Hadjisavvas has conducted various excavations throughout the island, the most notable being the excavation of a Late Bronze Age, administrative complex, settlement and cemetery in the area of Alassa.
[6] Furthermore he conducted excavations at Paphos, starting in 1977 at the Tombs of the Kings,[7] and later at Nicosia,[1] and Ayia Napa.
[8] He is notable for his extensive research on olive oil and wine presses discovered in Cyprus that date from the Bronze Age to the Late Roman period.
Digging up the Tombs of the Kings, a World Heritage Site (Guidebook 3rd edition).
In JEMAHS 3.2_03_Forum, Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies.
Από τον Αλέξανδρο ως τη Ρωμαϊκή Κατάκτηση», in Παναγιώτου, Ν.