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C. Schuchhardt

fl. 1891–1909

Archaeologist and scholar, active 1891–1909.

Life and work

  1. 1891
    Wrote on the Paphos temple in 'Schliemann's Ausgrabungen' (Leipsic, 1891), cited for the Cypriot sanctuary.

    Frazer, James George, 1854-1941, The golden bough : a study in magic and religion (1911)

  2. 1891
    Wrote Schliemann's Ausgrabungen (Leipzig, 1891), cited on Cypriot excavation material.

    Frazer, James George, Sir, 1854-1941; Frazer, Lilly Grove, Lady, Adonis, étude de religions orientales comparées (1921)

  3. 1891
    Wrote Schliemann's Ausgrabungen (Leipsic, 1891), discussing the Paphos temple remains.

    James George Frazer, The Golden Bough-part -iv (adonis Attis Osiris -vol - I) (1914)

  4. 1891
    Wrote Schliemanns Ausgrabungen (Leipsic, 1891), cited on Cypriot temple remains.

    James George Frazer, Adonis Attis Osiris Vol I (1914)

  5. 1909
    Coined the term 'technisches Ornament' in his study 'Das technische Ornament in den Anfängen der Kunst' (PZ 1, 1909).

    Hans-Günter Buchholz, Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr. (1999), p. 550

  6. Undated
    Author of Schliemann's Excavations, cited for the Troy finds including a terracotta whorl inscribed in Cypriot characters, and for studies of the Mycenae shaft-grave objects.

    Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933, The fundamental principles of Old and New world civilizations: a comparative research based on a study of the ancient Mexican religious, sociological and calend (1901)

  7. Undated
    Cited as the source for illustrations of Mycenaean objects, including a silver vessel and warrior vase, but no Cypriot activity is stated.

    J.B. Bury and D. Litt, A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great (1927)

  8. Undated
    Examined the gold plates from Grave V at Mycenae and concluded they belonged to two small caskets with hexagonal wooden bottoms.

    Dr. Chrestos Tsountas, The Mycenaen Age (1807)

  9. Undated
    Found that the twelve rectangular gold plates from Grave V at Mycenae belonged to two small caskets with hexagonal wooden bottoms.

    Tsountas, Chrēstos, 1857-1934; Manatt, J. Irving (James Irving), 1845-1915, joint author, The Mycenaean age; a study of the monuments and culture of pre-Homeric Greece (1897)

  10. Undated
    Author of a work on Mycenae whose illustrations (siege-scene, warrior vase, dagger-blades) are cited in the list of plates; no Cyprus-specific act is stated.

    J.B. Bury, A History of Greece: To the death of Alexander The Great (1927)

  11. Undated
    Holds that the pins found in the Mycenae shaft-graves, judged by size and thickness, were hair ornaments rather than dress-pins.

    The Classical Review 1902-02: Vol 16 Iss 138 (1902)

  12. Undated
    His Schliemann's Ausgrabungen (Leipzig, 1891) was cited for the remains of the temple at Paphos; he also coined the term 'technisches Ornament' (1909).

    Frazer, James George (1854-1941), Le cycle du rameau d'or. vol. 5, Adonis : étude de religions orientales comparées (1934), p. 233

  13. Undated

Mentioned in

3 mentions

Sources

  1. 1.Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933, The fundamental principles of Old and New world civilizations: a comparative research based on a study of the ancient Mexican religious, sociological and calend (1901).
  2. 2.J.B. Bury and D. Litt, A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great (1927).
  3. 3.Dr. Chrestos Tsountas, The Mycenaen Age (1807).
  4. 4.Tsountas, Chrēstos, 1857-1934; Manatt, J. Irving (James Irving), 1845-1915, joint author, The Mycenaean age; a study of the monuments and culture of pre-Homeric Greece (1897).
  5. 5.J.B. Bury, A History of Greece: To the death of Alexander The Great (1927).
  6. 6.The Classical Review 1902-02: Vol 16 Iss 138 (1902).
  7. 7.Frazer, James George (1854-1941), Le cycle du rameau d'or. vol. 5, Adonis : étude de religions orientales comparées (1934).
  8. 8.Frazer, James George, 1854-1941, The golden bough : a study in magic and religion (1911).
  9. 9.Frazer, James George, Sir, 1854-1941; Frazer, Lilly Grove, Lady, Adonis, étude de religions orientales comparées (1921).
  10. 10.James George Frazer, The Golden Bough-part -iv (adonis Attis Osiris -vol - I) (1914).
  11. 11.James George Frazer, Adonis Attis Osiris Vol I (1914).
  12. 12.Hans-Günter Buchholz, Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr. (1999).
  13. 13.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 242, «[Cahier de notes concernant Chypre, Gaza, Jéricho, l'Egypte, la Syrie (chronologies)]», undatedof 107. Online

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