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REGULATIONS FOR EXAMINATIONS: NOTICE BY THE GENERAL BOARD

The General Board give notice that, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, the regulations for certain University examinations have been amended as follows:

Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, Part IIA and Part IIB

The regulations for the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 233) have been amended as set out below. The purpose of the amendments is to increase by one the number of papers set on special areas for Archaeology in Part IIA and Part IIB, and to make a corresponding reduction in the number of special subjects. The regulations have been amended, with effect from 1 October 1999, as follows:

Regulation 15.

Archaeology

By adding the following to the list of special areas:

A24. Archaeology of the Americas.

By amending the detail relating to special subjects so as to read:

A25-39. Not more than fifteen papers, each on a special subject in archaeology prescribed by the Faculty Board.

Regulation 16.

By amending the regulation so as to read:

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

(a) Candidates in Archaeology
(i) Papers A1 and A2;
(ii) one paper chosen from Papers A7-A24;
(iii) either one further paper chosen from Papers A7-A24,
or Paper A3,
or one paper chosen from the following: Papers B2, B3, S7-S11;
(iv) the submission of records of practical work, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 18.
(b) Candidates in Biological Anthropology
(i) Papers B1-B3;
(ii) either participation in a seminar course and the submission of an essay on a subject prescribed by the Faculty Board, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 19,
or one paper chosen from the following: Papers A7-A24, S7-S11;
(iii) the submission of records of practical work, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 18.
(c) Candidates in Social Anthropology
(i) Papers S1-S3;
(ii) either one paper chosen from Papers S7-S11,
or one paper chosen from the following: Papers A7-A24, B2, B3,
or one paper chosen from the following: Paper 21 of Part I of the Historical Tripos, Expansion of Europe from the fifteenth century to the First World War; Paper 1 of Part II of the Social and Political Sciences Tripos, History and theory of the social sciences.

Regulation 17.

By amending sub-paragraph (a) so as to read:

(a) Candidates in Archaeology
(i) Papers A4 and A5;
(ii) one paper chosen from Papers A7-A24;
(iii) either one further paper chosen from Papers A7-A24,
or Paper A3,
or Paper A6;
(iv) either a dissertation on a subject in archaeology approved by the Faculty Board, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20,
or one paper chosen from Papers A25-A39;
(v) the submission of records of practical work, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 18.

The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology have approved the following supplementary regulation for Paper A24:

Paper A24. 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.


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Cambridge University Reporter, 9 June 1999
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