The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology give notice that the following papers will be offered for the examination in 2007-08:
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 |
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 |
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) |
A37. | Introduction to scientific approaches in archaeology |
A38. | Archaeological science (available only to IIB students who have completed A37 in the IIA year) |
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) |
A21. | Prehistory of the Near East (Paper As. 17 of the Oriental Studies Tripos) |
A35. | Human evolution (Biological Anthropology) |
A36. | The late prehistoric and historical archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa |
Exam paper number | Title | Term taught | Form of examination
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BA5. | The evolutionary history of African populations | Michaelmas | 4
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BA6. | Humans in an evolutionary paradigm | Lent | 4
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BA7. | Evolutionary theory and human evolution | Michaelmas | 4
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BA8. | Evolutionary ecology of extinct hominins | Michaelmas | 1
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BA9. | Pygmies, giants, and hobbits | Lent | 4
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BA10. | From blood to PLoS | Michaelmas | 1
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BA11. | Health and disease in the past | Lent | 4
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BA12. | Tools and toolmaking | Lent | 1
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BA13. | Cultural niche construction in human evolution | Michaelmas | 1
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BA14. | Cultural primatology | Lent | 1
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BA15. | Applied biological anthropology | Michaelmas | 1
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BA16. | Data handling in biological anthropology | Michaelmas | 1
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1. Two-hour written exam
2. Submitted project and practical examination
3. Submitted project
4. Submitted essay of 4,000 words
The form of examination is provisional, depending upon numbers opting for each course. Final form and conduct notices will be published as soon as possible.
S7. The anthropology of colonialism and empire
S8. Anthropology and law
S9. The anthropology of cities and space
S10. Anthropology and development
S6(a). South Asian
S6(b). Europe
S6(c). Latin America
The Faculty Board are satisfied that no candidate's preparation for the examination in 2008 will be adversely affected by these changes.