Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer
Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer (March 6, 1898 – August 25, 1982)Ras Shamra in 1929, leading to the uncovering of the Ugaritic religious texts.[3] After the Second World War he began excavating the Late Bronze Age site of Enkomi.[4]
He was curator for the Prehistoric and Gallo-Roman Museum, Strasbourg (1924–1933) and for the
Museum of National Antiquities, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1933–1956).[5] Schaeffer was an advocate of catastrophism. He argued that on at least five occasions catastrophic events (such as earthquakes) had destroyed Bronze Age civilizations.[6][7]
Selected publications
- The Cuneiform Texts of Ras Shamra-Ugarit (1939)
- Stratigraphie Comparee Et Chronologie De L Asie Occidentale (1948)
- Note Sur L'enceinte Mycénienne D'enkomi (Chypre) (1948)
References
- ^ Vercoutter, Jean. (1989). Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Claude Schaeffer-Forrer, membre de l'Académie. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 133 (1): 178-188.
- ^ "Biography of Claude F. A. Schaeffer". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/612669/Ugarit ; "Claude Schaeffer", in Je m'appelle Byblos, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, 2005, p.256-257.
- ^ Karageorghis, Vassos (1993). "L'archéologie française et le Bronze Récent à Chypre / French archaeology and the Late Bronze Age in Cyprus". MOM Éditions. 22 (1): 81–89.
- ^ Anonymous. (1998). Claude-Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer. In The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 10. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. p. 507
- ^ Burton Brown, T. (1949). Stratigraphie comparée et chronologie de l'Asie occidentale (IIIe et IIe millénaires) By C. F. A. Schaeffer. The Journal of Hellenic Studies 69: 114.
- ISBN 0-521-81928-8
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