Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
CHAPTER IV
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS AND TRIPOS EXAMINATIONS

The Ordinances contained in this Chapter are Ordinances of the General Board

In this section

TRIPOS EXAMINATIONS

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL TRIPOS

Amended by Notices (Reporter, 2007–08, pp. 369, 645, and 905)

General

Three Parts.

1. The Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos shall consist of three Parts, Part I, Part IIa, and Part IIb. In Part IIa and Part IIb there shall be an examination in each of the following three subjects: Archaeology 〈(including Assyriology and Egyptology)〉7, Biological Anthropology, Social Anthropology. For Part I there shall be a single class- list; for Part IIa and Part IIb there shall be a separate class-list for each of the three subjects of the examination.

Examiners and Assessors.

2. The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology shall nominate such number of Examiners to conduct the examination for Part I of the Tripos, and a Senior Examiner and such number of Examiners to conduct the examination in each subject for Part IIa and Part IIb, as they shall deem sufficient. The Faculty Board shall have power to nominate such number of Assessors as they shall deem sufficient to assist the Examiners for each Part. If required to do so, Assessors shall set papers in the subject or subjects assigned to them, shall mark the answers of the candidates in those papers, shall assess dissertations, and shall advise the Examiners on the performance of candidates in the examination. Assessors may be summoned to meetings of the Examiners for the purpose of consultation and advice, but shall not be entitled to vote.

Supplementary regulations.

3. The Faculty Board may from time to time make supplementary regulations defining all or any of the subjects of examination and may modify, alter, or withdraw such supplementary regulations as they think fit, due care being taken that sufficient notice is given of any change.

Variable subjects.

4. Before the end of the Easter Term each year the Faculty Board shall give notice of the variable subjects for the examinations to be held in the academical year next following; provided that the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so and if they are satisfied that no student's preparation for the examination is adversely affected. The Board shall have power when they give notice of variable subjects to announce any consequential restriction on the combination of papers that a candidate may choose to offer.

5. The questions proposed by each Examiner and Assessor shall be submitted for approval to the whole body of Examiners for Part I or to the Examiners in the particular subject for Part IIa or Part IIb.

6. The answers to each question shall be read by at least two Examiners or Assessors.

7. Separate meetings shall be held of all the Examiners for Part I and of the three bodies of Examiners for Part IIa and Part IIb, at which the respective class-lists shall be drawn up. In each class- list the names of the candidates who deserve honours shall be placed in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes, and in each division of the second class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order. For special excellence a mark of distinction may be awarded. 〈The class-lists for Part IIa and Part IIb shall indicate whether a candidate has offered in the examination the Assyriology and/or Egyptology option.〉8

8. No student shall be a candidate for more than one Part, or for any Part and also for another Honours Examination in the same term.

9. No student who has been a candidate for any Part shall again be a candidate for the same Part.

10. A candidate shall not offer in any Part of the Tripos a paper that he or she has previously offered in another University examination.

Part I

Standing of candidates.

11. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part I:

  1. (a)a student who has not obtained honours in another Honours Examination, provided that he or she has kept one term and that three complete terms have not passed after the student's first term of residence;
  2. (b)a student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination, in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that he or she has kept seven terms and that nine complete terms have not passed after the student's first term of residence.

12. The scheme of examination for Part I shall be as follows:

 Paper 1.

The development of human society (also serves as Papers E. 5 and N. 4 of the Oriental Studies Tripos and as Paper 4 of Part I of the Social and Political Sciences Tripos9).

 Paper 2.

Humans in biological perspective (also serves as Paper 5 of Part I of the Social and Political Sciences Tripos9).

 Paper 3.

Human societies: the comparative perspective (also serves as Papers E. 6 and N. 5 of the Oriental Studies Tripos and as Paper 6of Part I of the Social and Political Sciences Tripos9).

 Paper 4A.

Being human: an interdisciplinary approach.

 Paper 4B.

Modern societies (Paper 2 of Part I of the Social and Political Sciences Tripos9).

 Paper 4C.

The analysis of modern politics I (Paper 1 of Part I of the Social and Political Sciences Tripos9).

 Paper 4D.

Society, interaction, and the individual (Paper 3 of Part I of the Social and Political Sciences Tripos9).

 Paper 5.

Introduction to the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

 Paper 6.

Akkadian I (also serves as Paper X.1 of Part Ia of the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies).

 Paper 7.

Egyptian language I (also serves as Paper X.2 of Part Ia of the Asian and Middle Easter Studies).

A candidate for Part I shall offer one of the following:

  1. Either(i)Papers 1, 2, and 3, and one of Papers 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and 5;
  2. or(ii)Paper 5; Papers 6 or 7; two further papers chosen from Papers 1, 2, and 3;
  3. or(iii)Paper 5; Papers 6 and 7; and one further paper chosen from Papers 1, 2, and 3.

Part IIa and Part IIb

Standing of candidates.

13. A student who has obtained honours in Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos or in another Honours Examination may be a candidate for honours in Part IIa in the year next after so obtaining honours.

14. (a) A student who has obtained honours in any Honours Examination other than Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos may be a candidate for honours in Part IIb in the year next after so obtaining honours, provided that

  1. (i)the student has kept seven terms and twelve complete terms have not passed after his or her first term of residence;
  2. (ii)candidature in Archaeology shall be subject to the requirement of sub-paragraph (b) below.

(b) No student shall be a candidate for Part IIb in Archaeology unless the Head of the Department of Archaeology is satisfied that the student has, since matriculation, undertaken at least six weeks of archaeological excavation or fieldwork10 on a project or projects 〈(or in the case of candidates for Assyriology or Egyptology on a study visit to Egypt or the Middle East and/or study in a museum)〉11 approved by the Head of the Department, provided that the Head of the Department shall have power to grant exemption from this requirement to a candidate who has obtained an equivalent amount of appropriate experience in some other way. Before the division of the Lent Term each year the Head of the Department shall draw up a list of those candidates who have satisfied this requirement or have been granted exemption from it, and shall communicate this information to the Registrary.

Papers in Part IIa and Part IIb.

15. The scheme of examination for Part IIa and Part IIb shall be as follows:

Archaeology

 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.12

 A6.

The archaeology of modern human origins and the Upper Palaeolithic of western Europe.12

 A7.

The Upper Paleolithic from the Alps to the Americas.12

 A8.

Later European prehistory12

 A9.

Special topics in European prehistory12

 A13.

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

 A14.

A topic within classical archaeology and/or art (Paper D2 of Part II of the Classical Tripos).

 A15.

A topic within classical archaeology and/or art (Paper D3 of Part II of the Classical Tripos).

 A16.

A topic within classical archaeology and/or art (Paper D4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos).

 [A17.

Ancient Egypt: The framework of living I.12

 A18.

Ancient Egypt: The framework of living II.12

 A19.

Ancient Egypt: The practice of religion I.12

 A20.

Ancient Egypt: The practice of religion II.12

 A21.

Prehistory of the Near East (Paper As. 17 of the Oriental Studies Tripos).

 A22.

Mesopotamian special subject (Paper As. 15 of the Oriental Studies Tripos).

 A23.

Historical archaeology of Mesopotamia I: 30001600 bc (Paper As. 16 of the Oriental Studies Tripos).12

 A24.

Historical archaeology of Mesopotamia II: 1600–539 bc (Paper As. 16 of the Oriental Studies Tripos).12]13

 〈A17.

The historical archaeology of Ancient Egypt I.12

 A18.

The historical archaeology of Ancient Egypt II.12

 A19.

Ancient Egyptian religion I.12

 A20.

Ancient Egyptian religion II.12

 A21.

Mesopotamian culture I: literature.12

 A22.

Mesopotamian culture II: religion and science.12

 A23.

Mesopotamian archaeology I: prehistory and early states.12

 A24.

Mesopotamian archaeology II: states to empires.1213

 A25.

Europe in the first millennium ad I: Anglo-Saxon archaeology (also serves as Paper 14 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos).

 A26.

Europe in the first millennium ad II: Scandinavian archaeology (also serves as Paper 15 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos).12

 A27.

Europe in the first millennium ad II: Migration period archaeology (also serves as Paper 15 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos).12

 A28.

The archaeology of medieval Britain.

 A29.

Ancient India I: Prehistory of India.12

 A30.

Ancient India I: The Indus civilization and beyond.12

 A31.

Ancient India II: Early historic cities of India.12

 A32.

Ancient India II: Art and architecture of ancient India.12

 A33.

Ancient South America.12

 A34.

The archaeology of Mesoamerica and North America.12

 A35.

Human evolution.

 A36.

The late prehistoric and historical archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa.

 A37.

Introduction to scientific approaches in archaeology.

 A38.

Archaeological science.

〈Assyriology

 M1.

Akkadian language II (also serves as Paper X. 6 of Part Ib of the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos).

 M2.

Akkadian language III.

 M3.

Sumerian.

 M4.

Mesopotamian history I: states and structures.12

 M5.

Mesopotamian history II: empires and systems.12

Egyptology

 E1.

Egyptian language II (also serves as Paper X. 7 of Part Ib of the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos).

 E2.

Egyptian language III.〉14

The Faculty Board shall announce before the end of the Easter Term the papers that will be available in the examinations to be held in the next academical year.

Biological Anthropology

 BA1.

Foundations in biological anthropology: the human animal

 BA2.

Foundations in biological anthropology: the human journey

 BA3.

Foundations in biological anthropology: the human life span

 BA4.

Theory and practice in anthropology

 BA5–17.

Not more than twelve papers, each on a special subject in biological anthropology prescribed by the Faculty Board. In announcing the special subjects available the Faculty Board shall also announce the form of the examination which shall be either a written examination of two hours’ duration or the submission of an essay or other exercise in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 19 and which may also include practical work to be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 18.

Social Anthropology

 S1.

Foundations of social anthropology I.

 S2.

Foundations of social anthropology II.15

 S3.

Theory, methods, and enquiry in social anthropology.

 S4.

Thought, belief, and ethics.

 S5.

Political economy and social transformations.

 S6.

Ethnographic areas.

Special subjects in social anthropology

 S7–11.

Not more than five papers, each on a special subject in social anthropology prescribed by the Faculty Board.

Part IIa.

16. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 10, candidates for Part IIa shall offer papers and other exercises as follows:

  1. (a)Candidates in Archaeology
  2. [(i)Papers A1 and A2;
  3. (ii)one paper chosen from Papers A5–A21, A23–A37;
  4. (iii)eitherone further paper chosen from Papers A5–A21, A23–A37,
  5. orone paper chosen from Papers S7–S11;
  6. ortwo papers chosen from Papers BA5–17;
  7. (iv)the submission of records of practical work, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 18.]16
  8.    〈Option 1 (Archaeology)
  9. (i)Papers A1 and A2;
  10. (ii)one paper chosen from Papers A5–A37;
  11. (iii)eitherone further paper chosen from Papers A5–A37,
  12. orone paper chosen from the following: Papers S7–S11;
  13. ortwo papers chosen from Papers BA5–17;
  14. (iv)the submission of records of practical work, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 18.

   Option 2 (Assyriology)

  1. (i)Paper M117 or Paper 6 of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos;
  2. (ii)Paper A23 or A24;
  3. (iii)two papers from Papers A2, A21–22, M4–5.

   Option 3 (Egyptology)

  1. (i)Paper E118 or Paper 7 of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos;
  2. (ii)Paper A2;
  3. (iii)Paper A17 or A18;
  4. (iv)Paper A19 or A20.

   Option 4 (Assyriology and Egyptology)

  1. (i)Paper M117 or Paper 6 of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos;
  2. (ii)Paper E118 or Paper 7 of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos;
  3. (iii)Paper A17 or A18;
  4. (iv)one paper from Paper A21–24.〉16
  5. (b)Candidates in Biological Anthropology
  6. (i)Papers BA1, BA2, and BA3;
  7. [(ii)two papers chosen from BA5–17;]16
  8. 〈(ii)two papers chosen from BA5–17 or one paper chosen from Papers A5–A37, S7–S11.〉16
  9. (c)Candidates in Social Anthropology
  10. (i)Papers S1–S3;
  11. (ii)eitherone paper chosen from Papers S7–S11,
  12. orone paper chosen from Papers [A5–A21, A23–A37] 〈A5–A37〉19,
  13. ortwo papers chosen from Papers BA5–17,
  14. orone paper chosen from the following:

Historical Tripos, Part I

Paper 21.

Expansion of Europe from the fifteenth century to the First World War.

Social and Political Sciences Tripos, Part IIa

Paper Pol. 3.

The analysis of modern politics II.

Paper Psy. 1.

Social psychology.

Paper Soc. 1.

Social theory.

Paper Soc. 2.

Contemporary societies and global transformations.

Part IIb.

17. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 10, candidates for Part IIb shall offer papers and other exercises as follows:

  1. (a)Candidates in Archaeology
  2.   〈Option 1 (Archaeology)〉20
  3. (i)Papers A3 and A4;
  4. (ii)two papers chosen from the following: Papers A5–A38;
  5. (iii)eitherone further paper chosen from Papers A5–A38,
  6. ora dissertation on a subject in archaeology approved by the Faculty Board, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20;
  7. (iv)the submission of records of practical work, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 18,

provided that a candidate may not offer (i) Paper A22 unless he or she has previously taken either Paper A21 or Papers A23 or A24, and (ii) Paper A38 unless he or she has previously taken Paper A37.

   〈Option 2 (Assyriology)

  1. (i)Paper M221 or M1;
  2. (ii)Paper A23 or A24;
  3. (iii)two papers chosen from A4, M3, M4–5;
  4. (iv)either one further paper chosen from A4, A21–22, M3,22 M4–5, or a dissertation on a subject approved by the Faculty Board, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

   Option 3 (Egyptology)

  1. (i)Paper E223 or E1;
  2. (ii)Paper A17 or A18;
  3. (iii)Paper A19 or A20;
  4. (iv)Paper A4;
  5. (v)a dissertation on a subject approved by the Faculty Board, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

   Option 4 (Assyriology and Egyptology)

  1. (i)Paper M221 or M1;
  2. (ii)Paper E223 or E1;
  3. (iii)Paper A17 or A18;
  4. (iv)one paper from Papers A21–24;
  5. (v)either one further paper chosen from A19–24, M3, M4–5, or a dissertation on a subject approved by the Faculty Board, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.〉24
  6. (b)Candidates in Biological Anthropology
  7. (i)if a candidate took Part IIa under Regulation 16(b):
  8. (1)Paper BA4;
  9. (2)eithersix papers chosen from Papers BA5–17,
  10. orfour papers chosen from Papers BA5–17 and a dissertation on a subject in biological anthropology approved by the Faculty Board, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20;
  11. (ii)if a candidate did not take Part IIa under Regulation 16(b):
  12. (1)Papers BA1–3;
  13. (2)two papers chosen from Papers BA5–17,
  14. ora dissertation which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20;
  15. provided that a candidate who so wishes may choose to replace one of Papers BA1–3 by two further papers from Papers BA5–17.
  16. (c)Candidates in Social Anthropology
  17. (i)Papers S4–S6;
  18. (ii)one paper chosen from Papers S7–S11;
  19. (iii)eitherone further paper chosen from Papers S7–S11,
  20. ora dissertation on a subject in social anthropology approved by the Faculty Board, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.
Practical work.

18. Candidates for Part IIa and Part IIb in Archaeology (and where appropriate in Biological Anthropology) shall present for the inspection of the Examiners, by a date which the Head of the relevant Department shall announce not later than the division of the Michaelmas Term, records of such practical work done during the courses leading to the examination as shall be determined from time to time by the Faculty Board. The Examiners shall be provided by the Head of the Department with assessments of candidates’ practical work, and shall take these assessments into account in assigning marks for the examination.

Seminar courses.

19. The arrangements for the submission of essays or other exercises by candidates for Part IIa and Part IIb in Biological Anthropology who choose a paper from Papers BA5–17 for which the Faculty Board have announced that the examination shall be by one of these alternative means shall be as follows:

Essays shall not exceed 4,000 words in length, excluding footnotes, figures, tables, appendices, and bibliography. Candidates shall be required to state in the bibliography the sources that they have used and to declare that the essay represents their own work unaided except as may be specified in the declaration. Detailed instructions about other exercises shall be issued by the Head of the Department of Biological Anthropology together with the announcements of variable subjects by the Faculty Board. Each essay or other exercise shall be typewritten, unless a candidate has obtained previous permission from the Faculty Board to present it in manuscript; essays or other exercises shall be submitted through candidates’ Directors of Studies to the Secretary of the Faculty Board so as to arrive not later than one week before the division of the Easter Term in which the examination is to be held. A candidate who submits an essay or other exercise after that date may be penalized.

Dissertations.

20. (a) A candidate for Part IIb who wishes to offer a dissertation under Regulation 17 shall submit an application, including the title of the proposed dissertation, a brief account of its scope, and a statement of the scheme of papers to be offered in the examination. A candidate who so wishes may request permission to include a film or filmed material, amounting to not more than twenty minutes in length, as a component part of the dissertation. Applications shall be submitted through candidates’ Directors of Studies to the Secretary of the Faculty Board so as to arrive not later than the last day of the Full Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination.

(b) Each candidate must obtain the approval of the Faculty Board for the proposed title not later than the division of the Lent Term. When the Faculty Board have approved a title, no change shall be made to it, or to the candidate's scheme of papers, without the further approval of the Faculty Board.

(c) A dissertation shall be of not more than 10,000 words in length, excluding footnotes, figures, tables, appendices, and bibliography. Each dissertation shall be typewritten, unless a candidate has obtained previous permission from the Faculty Board to present it in manuscript.

(d) A dissertation shall be submitted through the candidate's Director of Studies so as to reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board not later than the following dates:

  1. (i)for a dissertation submitted under Regulation 17(a)(iii) or 17(c)(iii),25 the division of the Easter Term in which the examination is held;
  2. (ii)for a dissertation submitted under Regulation 17(b)(ii),26 one week before the division of the Easter Term in which the examination is held.

A dissertation shall be accompanied by (i) a brief synopsis on a separate sheet of paper of the contents of the dissertation, and (ii) a certificate signed by the candidate that it is his or her own original work, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.

21. At the discretion of the Examiners, a candidate for Part IIb may be examined viva voce.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

Amended by Notices (Reporter, 2007–08, pp. 67, 645, and 905)

Part I

Paper 1. The development of human society (also serves as Papers E. 5 and N. 4 of the Oriental Studies Tripos and Paper 4 of Part I of the Social and Political Sciences Tripos)

This paper serves as an introduction to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of archaeological data, and focuses on major issues in the development of human societies. Examples are drawn from the entire span of the human career, from the initial evolution of hominid behaviour patterns to the emergence of historically documented states and empires. Issues are explored in terms of the principal archaeological methods and theories which contribute to our current understanding of past societies.

Paper 2. Humans in biological perspective

This paper provides an introduction to biological anthropology. The syllabus covers the genetic basis of life; evolutionary theory; primate biology, ecology, and behaviour; human evolution; human diversity, geographical patterns of variation and its genetic basis; human ecology, including disease, nutrition, energetics, and behaviour; problems in gene-environment interactions and behavioural genetics. Two special subjects will be prescribed from time to time by the Faculty Board.

Paper 3. Human societies: the comparative perspective (also serves as Papers E. 6 and N. 5 of the Oriental Studies Tripos and Paper 6 of Part I of the Social and Political Sciences Tripos27)

This paper provides an introduction to the aims, scope, and methods of social anthropology. It covers the whole range of human societies, past and present, with a view to understanding them both individually in depth and within a broad comparative perspective. It approaches social life from a number of different angles, focusing on the ideas that people hold, their forms of organization, the way they interact, and the things they produce.

Paper 4a. Being human: an interdisciplinary approach27

This paper combines approaches from archaeology, biological anthropology, and social anthropology to study the human condition. Questions addressed will concern: the origins and evolution of human society; symbols, communication, and culture; problems of human ecology and adaptation. Special topics may include sex and gender; sociality and social inequality; art and material culture; technology; language; health and illness; nutrition and development.

Paper 4b. Modern societies (Paper 2 of Part I of the Social and Political Sciences Tripos27)

The origins and institutional features of modern societies. Social change and global interconnections in the modern world. Selected aspects of modern societies including work, stratification, and inequality; gender and sexual divisions; race and ethnicity; political organization and the modern state; culture and mass communication; deviance and social control.

Paper 5. Introduction to the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia

This paper introduces the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia and is taught through lectures in each subject area and comparative seminars. The paper is in two parts: section A consists of five comparative questions; section B consists of ten subject specific questions, five related to Egypt and five to Mesopotamia. Students are required to answer one question from each section and a third question from either section.

Paper 6. Akkadian language I

This paper consists of passages for transliteration from cuneiform and translation from Akkadian taken from the texts read in class and specified from time to time in the Reporter, a passage for translation from English into transliterated Akkadian, and questions on grammar.

Paper 7. Egyptian language I

This paper covers the study of hieroglyphic texts in Middle Egyptian, the classic form of the language. Students will be expected to transliterate and translate into English passages from the specified texts, and comment where appropriate. They will also be given a passage from an unspecified text for transliteration and translation into English.

Parts IIa and IIb

Archaeology

Paper A1. History and scope of archaeology I

Why study archaeology, when did people start studying archaeology, and what role does archaeology play in contemporary society? Answers to such questions are discussed in the course for this paper, which reviews the history of archaeological thought. The main issues in archaeology as they have been seen since the early nineteenth century are covered, with emphasis placed on the rise of a scientific archaeology in the mid-twentieth century and reactions to it.

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

The course for this paper shows how the sciences and the humanities are integrated in the practice of archaeology over a broad range of topics concerned with the nature of past societies. It covers the ways in which archaeological theories are applied in practice, through data recovery, analysis, and interpretation. The interdisciplinary character of archaeology is explored through consideration of a range of thematic issues, such as the study of landscapes and settlements, human impact on the environment; the study of households and communities, the archaeology of death and the body; categorization and style, symbols and power; production and exchange; the establishment and study of temporal sequences and contemporary notions of heritage.

Paper A3. History and scope of archaeology II

The course for this paper provides an opportunity to extend the depth and range of theoretical issues introduced in Paper A1. In terms of depth, there is fuller coverage of modes of explanation and interpretation in archaeology and discussion of how they are situated within wider debates in the sciences and the humanities. In terms of range, the scope of archaeological awareness is extended to global issues, drawing on a variety of themes in world archaeology.

Paper A4. The practice of archaeology II

This paper expands on the range of themes covered in Paper A2, exploring ways in which a wide range of scientific approaches and techniques can be integrated with humanistic and social science perspectives in studying and interpreting the nature of past societies.

Special areas
Papers A5/A6, A17/A18, A19/A20, A23/A24, A26/A27, A29/A30, A31/A32, and A33/A34

These papers are paired. Courses are taught over a two-year cycle and are examined in alternate years, so that in any particular year one paper of each pair will be set, corresponding to the subject that has been taught in that year.

Papers A5/A6 and A7. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology

This course surveys the development of human societies from their primate origins 2–3 million years ago to the emergence of food production in the early postglacial period. The scope of the course is world-wide; it puts special emphasis on the processes of population dispersal (of both the earliest hominids and biologically modern humans) and the processes of technological and social adaptation to the changing environmental conditions of the Pleistocene period. Special emphasis is placed on the patterns of human social and cognitive development, and on the inevitably close inter-relationships between the parallel processes of biological and cultural evolution throughout the course of human development. One of Papers A5 and A6 is taught in alternate years. Paper A7 is also taught in alternate years.

Paper A8. Later European prehistory

This course presents a broad general introduction to later European prehistory from the beginning of the Holocene through the earliest historical societies. Coverage includes the Mesolithic, the Neolithic, the Copper and Bronze Ages, and the Iron Age.

Paper A9. Special topics in European prehistory

This course presents advanced discussion of special topics in European prehistory. Each year’s topics are drawn from a rotating list of regional, thematic, and/or theoretical subjects relevant to Later European Prehistory (Mesolithic through Iron Age). It is normally expected that students will have taken or be taking Paper A8 (Later European prehistory) currently.

Papers A13–A16. Classical archaeology

Within Classical archaeology, four different papers are available. Paper A13 (Aegean prehistory) deals with the origins of settled village farming communities, through the emergence of complex societies in the Early Bronze Age and the palatial systems of Minoan Crete and the Mycenean mainland. Until further notice, the subject prescribed for Paper A14 will be ‘Mediterranean landscapes (Italy, 800 bcad 500)’ covering regional studies from Greece and Italy using approaches from landscape archaeology, including spatial archaeology, visibility, landscapes of power, sacred landscapes, modes of representation, and commemoration through landscape. Until further notice the subject prescribed for Paper A15 will be ‘The classical body: the archaeology and legacy of an ideal’. The paper investigates the intellectual, stylistic, and social origins of bodily beauty as framed and represented in Classical (Greco-Roman) art. Paper A16 (The archaeology of Roman urbanism) investigates Roman urbanism through the analysis of archaeological and written evidence, considering how the study of urban sites reveals the workings of the Roman empire.

[Papers A17/A18 and A19/A20. Ancient Egypt

The course reviews selected aspects of the history, archaeology, and art of ancient Egypt, laying special emphasis on the nature and development of society in ancient Egypt. Some of the teaching will be focused on collections of Egyptian artefacts and art housed in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the collections of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Four modules are taught over a two-year cycle, two being available each year; the Early Dynastic to the end of the Second Intermediate Period is covered in one year, while the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period are covered in the alternate year. The four modules are entitled: The framework of living I; The framework of living II; The practice of religion I; The practice of religion II.

Papers A21–A24. Ancient Mesopotamia

This course covers the archaeology of modern Iraq and Syria, together with Iran, the Levant, and eastern Turkey. Subjects addressed include the development of agriculture and urbanism, the relationship of the environment to the rise of complex society, the interplay of textual and archaeological data, propaganda and the presentation of kingship and power, symbolism in art and architecture, and the archaeological evidence for religious ritual. Three modules cover the archaeology of the ‘Fertile Crescent’ from the Epipalaeolithic until the middle of the first millennium bc; an additional module focuses on specific geographical areas (e.g. Anatolia, Iran) or thematically oriented subjects, such as religious institutions, trade and exchange, etc. Two of the four modules are available every year (Prehistory of the Near East, and Mesopotamian special subject; Papers A21 and A22). The other two, which cover the archaeology of Mesopotamia in two periods (3000–1600 bc and 1600–539 bc) are taught over a two-year cycle and are examined in Papers A23 and A24 in alternate years.]28

〈Papers A17/18. The historical archaeology of Ancient Egypt I and II

The course reviews the historical archaeology of ancient Egypt from its origins to the Roman conquest and integrates archaeological, textual, and artistic evidence. Emphasis is placed on examining the nature of society, urbanism, kingship and political power, ideology, and the interrelationship of Egypt and its neighbours. The course is taught over a two-year cycle: A17 covers the unification of Egypt to the end of the Second Intermediate Period (c. 3000–1550 bc); A18 covers the New Kingdom and up to the Roman conquest (c. 1550–30 bc).

Papers A19/20. Ancient Egyptian religion I and II

This course examines archaeological, textual, and artistic evidence for ancient Egyptian religious practices. The course covers royal ideology and temple construction, evidence for popular beliefs and religious practices, and mortuary religion. The course is taught over a two-year cycle: A19 covers the period from the unification of Egypt to the end of the Second Intermediate Period (c. 3000–1550 bc); A20 covers the New Kingdom and up to the Roman conquest (c. 1550–30 bc).

Paper A21. Mesopotamian culture I: literature

This paper will cover both Sumerian and Akkadian literary texts in translation, and thus be open to candidates not studying either language. It will cover myths and epics, including Gilgamesh and the Epic of Creation, as well as political and ‘Wisdom’ literature.

Paper A22. Mesopotamian culture II: religion and science

This paper will deal with literacy and numeracy in ancient Mesopotamia; science and scholarship, including divination; religious beliefs as expressed in both the textual and the archaeological sources. Knowledge of the languages will not be required.

Papers A23/24. Mesopotamian archaeology I and II

This course covers the archaeology of modern Iraq and Syria. Subjects addressed include the development of agriculture and urbanism, the relationship of the environment to the rise of complex society, the interplay of textual and archaeological data, propaganda and the presentation of kingship and power, symbolism in art and architecture, and the archaeological evidence for religious ritual. The course covers the archaeology of Mesopotamia in two periods (6000–2000 bc and 2000–539 bc), is taught over a two-year cycle and examined in Papers A23 and A24 in alternate years.〉28

Papers A25 and A26/A27. Europe in the first millennium ad

This course surveys the period which saw the rise, development, and fall of the Roman Empire, and the emergence of the early medieval states which were the foundation of modern Europe; it relates mainly to the northern and western parts of Europe (including Scandinavia), and where relevant it extends also into North Africa. The course includes three modules, one of which (Anglo-Saxon archaeology) is available each year, while the other two (Scandinavian archaeology; Migration period archaeology) are taught over a two-year cycle and are available in alternate years. In addition, a fourth subject, The archaeology of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire, is available each year (see above, Paper A16).

Paper A28. The archaeology of medieval Britain

This course covers the archaeology of post-conquest Britain, approximately ad 1050 to 1500. This was the period when the ‘historic’ landscape of Britain took on its pre-industrial form, and the history of landscape and villages, castles, towns, and the church is still visible in the material remains of this period. Since East Anglia is particularly rich in such evidence, lectures are complemented by field trips or museum sessions for almost every topic.

Papers A29/A30 and A31/A32. Ancient India

This course surveys the archaeology and art of ancient India extending from the prehistoric periods up to the fifth century ad. In one year the main emphasis is on the earlier prehistoric periods (up to the emergence of agriculture), together with a survey of the principal excavated historical sites (c. 600 bc to c. ad 400). In the other year the emphasis is placed on the later prehistoric and proto-historic periods, and on the major features of Indian art, architecture, inscriptions, and coins. The course also surveys the geographical and environmental features of ancient India, and the history of archaeological research in the subcontinent. Four modules are taught over a two-year cycle, two being available each year: Prehistory of India; The Indus civilization and beyond; Early historic cities of India; Art and architecture of ancient India.

Paper A33/A34. Archaeology of the Americas

The course covers major developments in the region, from the peopling of the New World and the origins of agriculture to the rise of complex societies that culminated in the late pre-Hispanic empires (Inka and Aztec). Emphasis is placed on theoretical approaches to understanding the long-term development of social inequality and the rise of complex societies, and attention is given to the interactions of human populations with their environments. Two modules (Ancient South America, and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and North America) are taught over a two-year cycle and are examined in alternate years.

Paper A35. Human evolution

This paper, which is jointly taught in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology, aims to provide an overview of the evolution of hominids from their origins through to the appearance and diversity of modern humans, by examining the biological and behavioural roots of humanity. The pattern of human evolution and hominid diversity is stressed, by examining hominid adaptations, ecology, and the fossil record.

Paper A36. The late prehistoric and historical archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa

The course provides a broad overview of the prehistory of the African continent from the earliest times, together with the historical archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa. Emphasis is placed upon the study of Post-Pleistocene times and upon the relationship between archaeology and other sources of information about the African past. The subject is viewed from an essentially African perspective, although due attention is paid to external connections. Students are encouraged to view African prehistory as an essential and central part of human development.

Papers A37 and A38. Introduction to scientific approaches in archaeology; Archaeological science

The courses for these papers allow students to explore a range of scientific approaches in archaeology in depth. Consideration is given to the geo-archaeological context of our evidence, and the dynamics of preservation and transformation of archaeological materials. From this foundation students can select from a range of bio-archaeological and environmental options, e.g. in archaeobotany or zoo-archaeology, backed up by laboratory practicals. These papers can be taken with, and are designed to complement, any of the papers on special areas, for those candidates who wish to put a greater emphasis on scientific method in the course as a whole.

〈Assyriology
Paper M1. Akkadian language II

This paper is for candidates in their second year of study of Akkadian, and will test candidates’ knowledge of the Old Babylonian and Standard Babylonian dialects of Akkadian as used in literary and historical texts. They will be required to transliterate from cuneiform and translate passages from both seen and unseen texts. Comment may be required on points of grammar and/or content.

Paper M2. Akkadian language III

This paper is for candidates in their third year of study of Akkadian. It will include transliteration and translation from unseen texts and from a range of Akkadian texts studied during the year including letters and legal documents, some in Assyrian dialect. Comment may be required on points of grammar and/or content.

Paper M3. Sumerian

This paper is only offered to candidates taking Paper M2 in Part IIb. It will consist of passages from Sumerian texts studied during the year for transliteration and translation, together with questions on Sumerian grammar.

Papers M4/M5. Mesopotamian History I and II

These papers are taught through the same lecture course as Mesopotamian archaeology (Papers M4/5 are the same as Papers A23/24), in the same two-year cycle. In year I the course covers the early history of Sumer and Akkad, through the Old Babylonian period in Mesopotamia and Syria. In year II it covers the ‘Amarna Period’ or later 2nd millennium bc, and the Assyrian and Babylonian empires down to the fall of Babylon to Cyrus in 539 bc. A balance is maintained between the narrative of political events and social and economic history.

Egyptology
Paper E1. Egyptian language II

This paper contains passages from specified and unspecified texts for transliteration and translation into English. The passages are taken from Middle Egyptian texts.

Paper E2. Egyptian language III

This paper contains passages from specified and unspecified texts for transliteration and translation into English. The passages are taken from Old and Middle and Late Egyptian texts.〉29

Biological Anthropology

BA1. Foundations in biological anthropology: the human animal

This paper examines the human species in a broad comparative perspective, with two themes. The first is the extent to which humans share their biology and behaviour with other animals, especially primates. The second perspective is concerned with comparisons between humans and the rest of the biological world in terms of similarities, differences, and uniqueness. Material will be drawn from genetics, morphology, and behaviour.

BA2. Foundations in biological anthropology: the human journey

This paper will look at the evolution of the human species, from its origins among the great apes, to the evolution of modern humans, and the diversity that has taken place in the course of the last 10,000 years, leading to the processes of modernization. Material will be drawn from the fossil record, archaeology, genetics, and human population biology and ecology.

BA3. Foundations in biological anthropology: the human lifespan

This paper looks at human biology and behaviour from the perspective of development and ontogeny. From conception to death, humans undergo a process of development that is shaped by both genes and environment. The patterns of such development can be framed in terms of life history theory, the role of nutrition, and the interactions between demography and threats to life such as disease, and the way in which reproduction is integrated into the lifespan.

BA4. Theory and practice in anthropology

This paper explores current developments in the discipline, and how advances in theory and method in anthropology and related disciplines are having an impact on anthropology and the understanding of the human species and its diversity. Emphasis is on the understanding of analytical methods and assessment of hypotheses to tackle problems in biological anthropology.

BA5–BA17. Special subjects

The aim of these papers is to examine in detail particular subjects in biological anthropology and related disciplines. Topics for special subjects will be announced by the Faculty Board, and details of the syllabus will be provided in the course handbook.

Social Anthropology

Paper S1. Foundations of social anthropology I

Kinship and economics have been linked in the major theories of production, reproduction, and exchange. The course for this paper considers the conditions under which kinship becomes an organizing template for economic relations, and its bearing on group dynamics and gender relations. New patterns of marriage, conjugality, sexuality, and procreation throw into relief the continuing relevance of classic kinship theory. Under the rubric of economics, the course treats the nature and interaction of different systems of production, distribution, and exchange, and historical processes of economic transformation; it reviews different ways of conceptualizing the economy, the works of major theorists, and key contemporary debates in economic anthropology.

Paper S2. Foundations of social anthropology II

The course for this paper brings together politics and religion. Under politics, it deals with theories of the state; inequality; war and violence; law and dispute-settlement; political action, strategy, and tactics; ‘fourth-world’ political action and resistance; social movements; the role of ideology and theories of governance. Under religion, the course deals with the major anthropological theories of religion and their relation to systems of knowledge and ideology. Specific fields covered include ritual and sacrifice; spirit possession and shamanism; forms of traditional knowledge and classification; world religions; the transformation of religion in the contemporary world. Emphasis will be given to the many links between politics and religion.

Paper S3. Theory, methods, and enquiry in social anthropology

This course provides a grounding in sociological theories and discusses their relation to more recent anthropological theory and methods. Topics to be discussed include: eighteenth and nineteenth century social theory; Marx, Durkheim, Simmel, Weber, Mauss; functionalism, structural-functionalism; structuralism; cultural materialism and neo-Marxism; interpretative anthropology, semiology, and symbolic anthropology. These theories are seen in the context of anthropological field research and the various types of anthropological writing.

Paper S4. Thought, belief, and ethics

The courses for this paper will normally cover anthropological perspectives on mind, thought, and belief. Particular concerns may be expected to include the anthropology of cognition, knowledge, and belief systems, and the anthropological study of ethics and moral economy.

Paper S5. Political economy and social transformations

The courses for this paper will normally cover anthropological perspectives on political economy and processes of social transformation. Particular concerns may be expected to include anthropological contributions to the study of value, property, and domination, and the growth and legacy of modern social forms including capitalism and socialism.

Paper S6. Ethnographic areas

Candidates will be required to offer one ethnographic area from a choice of three, which will be specified by the Faculty Board each year and will be taken from the following list: Europe, Indonesia, Latin America, Inner Asia, South Asia, the Pacific, Southern Africa.

Papers S7–S11. Special subjects in social anthropology

Up to five papers will be available each year. These are currently drawn from the following list:

(a) Medical anthropology

This course is concerned with illness and healing in comparative perspective. It discusses ideas of health and illness, causation and healing, how they are constructed and how they change. A wide range of societies provides the examples of different approaches, from urban and industrialized contexts to relatively isolated, self-sufficient settings. Alternative systems of medicine and local regional systems, as well as the impact of western biomedicine on local regional systems, are considered in relation to medical pluralism and contexts of practice. Attention is also given to the cultural understanding of the body in illness, and to the management of childbirth and reproduction in different societies. Teaching for the course is by lecture and seminar.

(b) The anthropology of cities and space

While a primary objective of this paper is to examine the processes of city transformation in recent times, attention is also paid to pre-twentieth century and non-European cities. Processes of urbanization bring out the political, economic, and cultural complexities of city social organization. Images of the city are approached through examining utopian thought and experimentation, social engineering, urban planning, and forms of architecture. The city as a symbolic form and as a centre of power is addressed through studies of urban rituals, processions, commemorations, buildings, and through consideration of the relationships between space, the body, and gender. The paper also includes an examination of the ways in which the city has been theorized, and the problems of reconciling the distinctive method of fieldwork-based anthropology when applied to the large-scale organizational complexity of urban life.

(c) Gender, body, sexuality

This paper is concerned with three distinct but interlinked aspects of human experience where questions of power, representation, and corporeality intersect. Questions of gender, body, and sexuality have been at the centre of much critical work in the social sciences and humanities over the past twenty years, and this paper aims to introduce students to some of the most important lines of argument and debate, focusing particularly upon the perspectives brought by anthropology to these questions, as well as exploring a series of substantive issues. Themes to be addressed include: biological and cultural approaches to gender, body, and sexuality; gender orders and power relations; the construction of masculinities and femininities; questions of gender, sexuality, and colonial, national, and state processes; sexual divisions and the allocation of resources; sexuality, embodiment, and performance; the politics of reproduction; feminism and anthropology.

(d) Anthropology beyond professional texts

The professionalization of anthropology as a social science resulted among other things in the definition of the discipline through a specific kind of empirical research (fieldwork) and a specific narrative form (ethnography). There are of course other professionals who address issues central to anthropological concerns: other social scientists, philosophers, historians, novelists, and poets – many of whom borrow from anthropological works and whose works are borrowed as well. This paper seeks to broaden the basis on which anthropological texts may be analysed as well as to broaden critical awareness of anthropological inquiry beyond textual form. Both the bases on which anthropological knowledge came to be defined and the grounds on which these bases may be re-evaluated critically are presented, including an examination of the professionalization of anthropology, and the intellectual traditions influential in this process; the theoretical question of ‘representation’, and how ‘others’ represent themselves to themselves. In collaboration with the Faculty of English, the paper addresses aspects of literary theory through the consideration of specific texts and literary techniques, poetics, the use of ‘multimedia’, and what one may learn from the parallel examinations of anthropological and non-anthropological texts.

(e) Anthropology, communication, and the arts

This paper draws attention to the aesthetic and performative aspects of human communication. It provides an introduction to the main perspectives anthropologists have brought to an understanding of the visual and performing arts. While the paper provides a broad cross-cultural overview of distinctive artistic practices and productions, each year a section of the course focuses in some detail on a particular cultural area. Where appropriate the course will draw on the extensive collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the video library held within the Department of Social Anthropology. Topics for study are drawn from the following areas: theories of non-western art and aesthetics; social and technical aspects of artistic production and consumption; the use of different media in anthropological analysis; the poetics and politics of representation; museology; masking and body decoration; the anthropology of dance; aspects of ethnomusicology; and analyses of film and advertising.

(f) Anthropology and development

This paper covers social, economic, and political aspects of ‘development’, with particular reference to the experience of the poorer countries since World War II and to the theories and practical involvement of anthropologists. Case studies of development projects of rural and urban areas are analysed, with particular attention being paid to indigenous knowledge, and the participation of local people in projects which transform their lives. Other themes include socialist development, the demise of ‘peasant economy’, and the emergence of new social movements in Third World cities. Anthropological approaches to the study of policy, planning, and development organizations are also considered and throughout the course students are encouraged to maintain a critical stance towards the very concept of ‘development’.

(g) The anthropology of post-socialist transformations

The paper aims to examine the societies of the former Soviet Union and Eastern and Central Europe as they are currently undergoing transformation. Virtually all of them have abandoned socialism for different political and economic paths. The aim of this paper is to understand (a) what actually existing socialism was, (b) the causes and consequences of its collapse, and (c) what heritage or residue of socialism remains in the post-socialist societies. We examine the processes of transformation, in political, economic, social, and cultural terms. The paper focuses particularly on ways in which we can analyse the experience of sudden change, the associated phenomena labelled as ‘development’ or ‘regression’, emerging social and familial forms, new attitudes to history and memory, and changes in ‘high’ and popular culture, ideology, and values.

(h) Nationalism, race, and ethnicity

The aim of this paper is to offer a critical introduction to the literature on nationalism, race, and ethnicity both in and outside anthropology, and to explore the ideas advanced in that literature in relation to material drawn from specific historical and cultural contexts. This includes the intellectual history of the concepts of, respectively, nation and race, to be examined through the main relevant theoretical literature. Historical, anthropological, and sociological approaches are covered. Specific case material, drawn from a range of geographical and historical contexts, will address issues such as the politics of identity in Britain; thinking about conflict in Northern Ireland; ‘tribalism’ and the culture of post-colonial states in sub-Saharan Africa; communal identities and violence in South Asia; religion and communal mobilization; Diaspora communities and transnationalism; gendering the nation. The examples vary from time to time.

(i) The anthropology of colonialism and empire

Focusing on a wide range of regional case studies, this paper explores the emergence of colonial politics, cultures, and imperial systems of power as objects of anthropological analysis, and considers the ways in which both the making and unmaking of Western as well as non-Western imperial systems have had ramifications for the societies and cultures studied by anthropologists. A variety of theoretical and interpretive approaches will be discussed, but the main emphasis will be on ethnographic accounts, and on the anthropological implications of historical studies. A wide range of examples may be covered, including social, cultural, and political transformations arising from Western colonial conquest and rule in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, and aspects of empire as conceptualized and experienced under Chinese, Ottoman, and/or Russian/Soviet rule.

(j) Anthropology and law

Legal frameworks have re-emerged, in the contemporary period, as ways to justify social and political action. The language of ‘the law’ pervades a multiplicity of arenas, both local and global, implicating experience, personhood, and subjectivity. The aim of this paper is to show the way the law is used as a vehicle to structure relations, whether between states, between colonized and colonizer, or between special interest groups (as in the case of new technologies). Legal systems acquire a social and cultural character of their own, appearing to be departments of modern life and thus potential ethnographic objects. If such systems represent themselves as normative and rational, from an anthropological view they are contextualized by other phenomena. The course explores what it means to study legal systems, and in doing so opens up questions about organizing concepts (such as ‘rights’) of major contemporary importance.

(k) Science and society

The aim of this paper is to offer a critical exploration of recent developments and debates in the anthropology of science in a wide range of social and regional settings, as well as across diverse traditions of thought. The course explores what it means to study societal, institutional, and epistemic conditions of science and scientific knowledge production through a comparative frame. From an anthropological view the critical study of ‘cross-cultural science’ as ethnographic object puts into political relief the way that encounters between ‘parallel worlds’, ‘purity’, ‘hybridity’, ‘reliability’, ‘evidence’, ‘verification’, and so on are justified as particular social forms and moral action claims.

Footnotes

  1. 7. The words in angular brackets will be inserted with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1)
  2. 8. The sentence in angular brackets will be inserted with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1)
  3. 9. See footnote to Social and Political Sciences Tripos, p. 000.(Refs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
  4. 10. Students will normally be required to spend two weeks on a training excavation arranged by the Head of the Department and four weeks on some other approved excavation or fieldwork.(Refs: 1)
  5. 11. The words in angular brackets will be inserted with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1)
  6. 12. These papers will be available in alternate years, see the supplementary regulations.(Refs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
  7. 13. The papers in angular brackets will replace the papers in square brackets with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1, 2)
  8. 14. The subsections in angular brackets will be inserted with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1)
  9. 15. This paper is also available to candidates for Part II of the Oriental Studies Tripos; see p. 380.(Refs: 1)
  10. 16. The sub-paragraphs in angular brackets will replace the sub-paragraphs in square brackets with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1, 2, 3, 4)
  11. 17. Paper M1 can only be taken at Part IIA if a candidate has taken Paper 6 at Part I.(Refs: 1, 2)
  12. 18. Paper E1 can only be taken at Part IIa if a candidate has taken Paper 7 at Part I.(Refs: 1, 2)
  13. 19. The papers in angular brackets will replace the papers in square brackets with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1)
  14. 20. The words in angular brackets will be inserted with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1)
  15. 21. Paper M2 can only be taken at Part IIb if a candidate has taken Paper M1 at Part IIa.(Refs: 1, 2)
  16. 22. Paper M3 can only be taken if a candidate is also taking Paper M2.(Refs: 1)
  17. 23. Paper E2 can only be taken at Part IIb if a candidate has taken Paper E1 at Part IIa.(Refs: 1, 2)
  18. 24. The sub-paragraphs in angular brackets will be inserted with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1)
  19. 25. That is a dissertation submitted by candidates for Part IIb in Archaeology or Social Anthropology.(Refs: 1)
  20. 26. That is a dissertation submitted by candidates for Part IIb in Biological Anthropology.(Refs: 1)
  21. 27. See footnote to Social and Political Sciences Tripos, p. 000.(Refs: 1, 2, 3)
  22. 28. The detail in angular brackets will replace the detail in square brackets with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1, 2)
  23. 29. The detail in angular brackets will be inserted with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1)