Document·34 CDF art. 172·10 December 1969

Press release for Cyprus: The 20th Season of Exploration at Enkomi-Alasia by the French Archaeological Expedition (Nov.-Dec. 1969)Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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tification of three other similar but not identical and incomplete cultchariots which became, by gift or purchase, many years ago the property of the Louvre Museum. Their dating and provenance were in doubt and can now be securely established. As it will be shown in a forthcoming publication, Cyprus had become a center of fabrication of this type of cultchariot, connected with the bull cult, known in the island since neolithic times.

C.F.A. SCHAEFFER

(1) The assistant members of the French Expedition during the 1969 season of excavations were Mr. J.C. Courtois, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lagarce, Mr.J.P. Nic[handwritten: ?]lardot, all members of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, and Mr. Bessière, architect D.P.L.G., Mr. H. Zumstein, archeologue, conser- vateur in the Museum of Strasbourg.

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Printed: COLLÈGE DE FRANCE / CHAIRE D'ARCHÉOLOGIE DE L'ASIE OCCIDENTALE

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