Schaeffer,Claude F.A. — Missions en Chypre 1932 - 1935.

Paris, Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1936. IX,162,[1] pp. 55 b./w. figs & 41 plts, incl. 1 b./w. map of Cyprus & 40 plts with num. b./w. photos. Re-bound in simple hardcover binding (light gray h.cloth, no printing on the cover). Large 8vo. Annot. in ink on title -page. (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres fondation Marius Fontane - Voyages archeologiques).This french work, published in 1936 by the French archaeologist Claude F.-A. Schaeffer (1898-1982), is a fundamental work in the archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean. It is important because it laid the foundation for the understanding of the Late Bronze Age in Cyprus and mapped the crucial trade relations between Cyprus and the Levant (Ugarit). Schaeffer was also the discoverer of the ancient city of Ugarit (modern-day Ras Shamra in Syria). He demonstrated that Cyprus (more often identified with Alasia) played a central role in trade with the Syrian mainland and Egypt during the Bronze Age, based on comparative research of pottery and bronze. Although it was an account of exploratory missions, Schaeffer's work helped to refine the chronology of Cyprus (Late Stone Age and Bronze Age), including the relationship between local Cypriot "Base Ring Ware" and imported Mycenaean pottery.