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This study discusses the archaeological and chronological context of a small White Lustrous Wheel-made Ware (WLW-mW) spindle bottle excavated in Ras Shamra by Claude F.-A. Schaeffer in 1933. This spindle bottle is the first of its kind to be positively identified in the Minet el-Beida/Ugarit region, but others could be also identified from Schaeffer's publications. This spindle bottle belongs to a group of now four similar small WLW-mW examples found in the eastern Mediterranean, which should probably be added to the classification of this ware as a Type IIb. More generally this article reviews the chronology of WLW-mW in the eastern Mediterranean and argues for a broad Late Bronze IB date (1550–1450 b.c.e.) for the ware. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reviews recent developments in Cypriot chronology, based on settlement history, regional sequences, ceramic and other typologies, radiocarbon 14 dates, and international synchronisms. The author's own 1977 paper is also updated, especially with reference to critiques of Salz (1977), Coleman (1985), and Åström (1987). The conclusion offers a "trial reformulation" of Cypriot Bronze Age dates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]