Society

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Paris, France · founded 19 October 1939

Society in Paris, founded 19 October 1939. 16 people in the register connected with it.

History

1946
Claude Schaeffer resumed excavation at Enkomi after the war, now working on behalf of the CNRS; he found part of the Cyclopean enclosing wall in the south.
EnkomiClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer Tatton-Brown 2003
30 July 1951
The joint Franco-Cypriot agreement at Enkomi ended at Schaeffer's request, mainly over disagreement about the chronology of the urban phase; the French team had begun work in 1949-50.
EnkomiClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer Tatton-Brown 2003
1959–1961
Schaeffer continued the Enkomi excavations on behalf of the CNRS: buildings along the north-south street, a fertility sanctuary, ashlar building, copper-smelting workshops (1961).
EnkomiClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer Dikaios 1962
June 1970
First campaign of a CNRS mission at Cape Andreas-Kastros (aceramic Neolithic), directed by J. Perrot, fieldwork by Alain Le Brun, within Perrot and de Contenson's research on early sedentary villages.
Cape AndreasJ. Perrot Alain Le Brun H. de Contenson Karageorghis 1971
1972
Olivier Pelon took over leadership of the CNRS Enkomi expedition from Schaeffer for its twenty-third season.
EnkomiOlivier Pelon Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer Nicolaou 1973
1976
CNRS joint expedition with the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem resumed Khirokitia, directed by N. Stanley Price and A. Le Brun; the CNRS mission continued there under Le Brun.
KhirokitiaN. P. Stanley Price Alain Le Brun Karageorghis 1977
1976
Kition-Bamboula mission (Lyon, Institut F. Courby, under the Commission des fouilles, directed by M. Yon) opened; by 1987 it is described as CNRS-Université Lyon 2.
LarnacaKarageorghis 1977 Karageorghis 1988
1976–1995
Le Brun's Khirokitia excavations continued under CNRS auspices; seven levels identified in the eastern sector, three phases of enclosure wall, and a second parallel wall.
KhirokitiaAlain Le Brun Herscher 1995
1984
Khirokitia campaign by the CNRS mission (URA 17 of the CRA-CNRS, supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Relations), July-August, east sector and enclosure wall.
KhirokitiaAlain Le Brun Karageorghis 1985
September–October 1987
Kition-Bamboula campaign (CNRS-Université Lyon 2) under Marguerite Yon on the sanctuaries of Astarte and Herakles-Melqart.
LarnacaKarageorghis 1988

People

16 people

Staff and members · 12

Olivier Massonresearcher1947
Jacques-Claude Courtoismember (from 1962) · member (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), French mission at EnkomiKarageorghis 19631962
R. Kusscollaborator, French mission at Enkomi1962
Élisabeth Martin du Puytison-Lagarcedocumentaliste from 1965; Directeur de recherche (DR-2) 19881965
J. Perrotfield-director (1970–1970) · director of the French mission at Cape Andreas, first campaignKarageorghis 19711970
Jean Pouillouxofficial (1972–1982) · president of the Centre de recherches archeologiques; from 1976 scientific director for the humanitiesRogge et al. 2019, p. 381972
Olivier Pelonfield-director (1972–1972) · sponsor body of the Enkomi expedition he ledNicolaou 19731972
N. P. Stanley Pricefield-director (1976–1976) · co-director with A. Le Brun of the Khirokitia mission, 1976Karageorghis 19771976
Odile Daune-Le Brunmember (1986–2017) · member; author of mission reports and articles with Alain Le BrunBrun & Brun 1986, p. 1511986
Hélène Cassimatischargée de recherche1993
Lucy Vallauriauthor affiliation2010
Jean Guilainedirecteur de recherche

Fieldwork · 4

Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaefferfield-director (1946–1972) · Enkomi excavations from 1946 on its behalf · dug for itTatton-Brown 2003 Nicolaou 19731946–1971
Alain Le Brunfield-director (1970–2009) · attaché; later director of the French mission to Khirokitia · dug for it · worked for itKarageorghis 1971 Karageorghis 19781970–2009
Marguerite Yonfield-director (from 1976)Karageorghis 1977 Karageorghis 1988
Marguerite Yonfield-director (1976–1987)Karageorghis 1988

On Ancient Cyprus

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KhirokitiaSite

Sources

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3.P. Dikaios (1962). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1959-61”. Archaeological Reports 8, 32-46. Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. Online
4.V. Karageorghis (1971). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1970”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 95.
5.V. Karageorghis (1972). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1971”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 96.
6.V. Karageorghis (1973). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1972”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 97.
7.Kyriakos Nicolaou (1973). “Archaeological News from Cyprus, 1972”. American Journal of Archaeology 77, 425-433.
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