Cambridge University Reporter


Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos (Archaeology, Parts IIA and IIB), 2007-08: Notice

The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology give notice that the following papers will be offered for the examination in 2007-08:

Core papers

A1. History and scope of archaeology I

A2. The practice of archaeology I (also serves as Paper O12 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)

A3. History and scope of archaeology II

A4. The practice of archaeology II

Special areas

A5. The archaeology of early human development (alternate years; to be offered in 2007-08)

A8. Post-glacial adaptations and Mesolithic archaeology (alternate years; to be offered in 2007-08)

A9. Neolithic and Chalcolithic in southern, central, and eastern Europe - societal interaction (alternate years; to be offered in 2007-08)

A11. The Bronze Age and Iron Age of southern, central, and eastern Europe - understanding social change (alternate years; to be offered in 2007-08)

A18. Ancient Egypt: The framework of living II

A20. Ancient Egypt: The practice of religion II

A21. Prehistory of the Near East (Paper As. 17 of the Oriental Studies Tripos) (unavailable in 2007-08)

A22. Mesopotamian special subject (Paper As. 15 of the Oriental Studies Tripos) (available only to IIB students who have completed A21, A23, or A24 in the IIA year).

A24. Historical archaeology of Mesopotamia II: 1600-539 BC (Paper As. 16 of the Oriental Studies Tripos) (alternate years; to be offered in 2007-08)

A25. Europe in the first millennium AD I: Anglo-Saxon archaeology

A26. Europe in the first millennium AD II: Scandinavian archaeology (alternate years; to be offered in 2007-08)

A28. The archaeology of medieval Britain

A29. Ancient India I: Prehistory of India (alternate years; to be offered in 2007-08)

A31. Ancient India II: Early historic cities of India (alternate years; to be offered in 2007-08)

A33. Ancient South America (alternate years; to be offered in 2007-08)

A35. Human evolution (Biological Anthropology) (unavailable in 2007-08)

A36. The late prehistoric and historical archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa (unavailable in 2007-08)

A37. Introduction to scientific approaches in archaeology

A38. Archaeological science (available only to IIB students who have completed A37 in the IIA year)

Borrowed papers:

A13. Aegean prehistory (Paper D1 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)

A14. Mediterranean landscapes (Paper D2 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)

A15. The classical body: the archaeology and legacy of an ideal (Paper D3 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) (available only to students with a working knowledge of Classical languages and literature)

A16. The archaeology of Roman urbanism (Paper D4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)