The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology give notice of the following list of variable papers to be offered for the examination in Archaeology for Parts IIA and IIB of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, 2008-09:
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
| A6. | The archaeology of modern human origins and the Upper Palaeolithic of western Europe (alternate years; to be offered in 2008-09) |
| A7. | The Upper Palaeolithic from the Alps to the Americas (alternate years; to be offered in 2008-09) |
| A8. | Later European prehistory |
| A9. | Special topics in European prehistory |
| A17. | Ancient Egypt: The framework of living I (alternate years; to be offered in 2008-09) |
| A19. | Ancient Egypt: The practice of religion I (alternate years; to be offered in 2008-09) |
| A25. | Europe in the first millennium AD I: Anglo-Saxon archaeology |
| A28. | The archaeology of medieval Britain |
| A30. | Ancient India I: The Indus civilization and beyond (alternate years; to be offered in 2008-09) |
| A34. | The archaeology of Mesoamerica and North America (alternate years; to be offered in 2008-09) |
| 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. | The art of collecting (Paper D2 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
| A15. | The poetics of classical art (Paper D3 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) (available only to students with 'A' level Latin and Greek) |
| A16. | The archaeology of Roman cities (Paper D4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
| 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) |
| A23. | Historical archaeology of Mesopotamia I: 3000-1600 BC (alternate years; to be offered in 2008-09) |
The following papers are NOT on offer in the academical year 2008-09 (see also p. 905):
| A21. | Prehistory of the Near East (Paper As. 17 of the Oriental Studies Tripos) |
| A27. | Europe in the first millennium AD II: Migration period archaeology |
| A32. | Ancient India II: Art and architecture of ancient India |
| A35. | Human evolution (BA12 and BA13, Biological Anthropology) |
| A36. | The late prehistoric and historical archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa |
The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology are satisfied that no student's preparation for the examination in 2009 will be adversely affected by these suspensions.