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Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, 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:

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 (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)

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)

The following papers will not be available in 2007-08:

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

Biological Anthropology

Exam paper number Title Term taught
Form of examination
BA5. The evolutionary history of African populations Michaelmas
4
BA6. Humans in an evolutionary paradigm Lent
4
BA7. Evolutionary theory and human evolution Michaelmas
4
BA8. Evolutionary ecology of extinct hominins Michaelmas
1
BA9. Pygmies, giants, and hobbits Lent
4
BA10. From blood to PLoS Michaelmas
1
BA11. Health and disease in the past Lent
4
BA12. Tools and toolmaking Lent
1
BA13. Cultural niche construction in human evolution Michaelmas
1
BA14. Cultural primatology Lent
1
BA15. Applied biological anthropology Michaelmas
1
BA16. Data handling in biological anthropology Michaelmas
1

Key to examination format

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.

Social Anthropology

Optional papers

S7. The anthropology of colonialism and empire

S8. Anthropology and law

S9. The anthropology of cities and space

S10. Anthropology and development

Ethnographic area papers

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.