The Faculty Board of Human, Social and Political Science gives notice that the following variable papers will be offered in the Archaeology Tripos in 2020–21:
The following papers will be offered in Part I in 2020–21:
A1 |
World archaeology |
A2 |
Archaeology in action |
A3 |
Introduction to the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia |
A4 |
Being human: interdisciplinary perspectives |
B1 |
Humans in biological perspective |
E1 |
Egyptian language I |
M1 |
Babylonian language |
The following papers will be offered in Part IIa in 2020–21:
A2 |
Archaeology in action |
E1 |
Egyptian language I |
M1 |
Babylonian language |
A10 |
Archaeological theory and practice I |
A11 |
From data to interpretation (=B5) |
A21 |
Archaeological science |
A22 |
Palaeolithic archaeology |
A23 |
European prehistory |
A24 |
The medieval globe |
A25 |
Mesopotamian archaeology I: Prehistory and early states |
A27 |
Society and settlement in ancient Egypt |
A29 |
The archaeology of religion in ancient Egypt |
A31 |
Ancient India I: the Indus civilisation and beyond |
A35 |
The archaeology of Africa |
A37 |
Classical art and archaeology (Paper 9 of Part Ib of the Classical Tripos) |
B2 |
Human ecology and behaviour |
B3 |
Human evolution |
B4 |
Human comparative biology |
B5 |
From data to interpretation (=A11) |
E2 |
Middle Egyptian text / Advanced Egyptian language |
M3 |
Mesopotamian culture II: Religion and scholarship |
M4 |
Intermediate Babylonian language |
M6 |
Sumerian language |
The following papers will not be offered in Part IIa in 2020–21:
A26 Mesopotamian
archaeology II: Territorial states to empires
A28 Ancient Egypt in
context: An archaeology of foreign relations
A30 Archaeology of
death and burial in ancient Egypt
A33 Ancient South
America
A32 Ancient
India II: Early historic cities of South Asia
A34 The archaeology of
Mesoamerica and North America
A36 Topics in regional
archaeology
M2 Mesopotamian
culture II: Literature
The following year-long papers will be offered in Part IIb in 2020–21:
A10 |
Archaeological theory and practice I |
A12 |
Archaeological theory and practice II |
A21 |
Archaeological science |
A22 |
Palaeolithic archaeology |
A23 |
European prehistory |
A24 |
The medieval globe |
A25 |
Mesopotamian archaeology I: Prehistory and early states |
A27 |
Society and settlement in ancient Egypt |
A29 |
The archaeology of religion in ancient Egypt |
A31 |
Ancient India I: The Indus civilisation and beyond |
A35 |
The archaeology of Africa |
A38 |
Aegean prehistory (Paper D1 of the Classical Tripos) |
A39 |
Beyond classical art (Paper D2 of the Classical Tripos) |
A40 |
Roman Britain (Paper D3 of the Classical Tripos) |
A41 |
Roman cities: Network of empire (Paper D4 of the Classical Tripos) |
B2 |
Human ecology and behaviour |
B3 |
Human evolution |
B4 |
Comparative human biology |
B6 |
Major topics in human evolutionary studies |
E2 |
Middle Egyptian text / Advanced Egyptian language |
E3 |
Old and Late Egyptian texts |
E4 |
Coptic |
M3 |
Mesopotamian culture II: Religion and scholarship |
M4 |
Intermediate Babylonian language |
M5 |
Advanced Babylonian and Assyrian |
M6 |
Sumerian language |
The following term-long papers will be offered in Part IIb in 2020–21:
A13 |
The past in the present |
A50 |
Special topics in Palaeolithic archaeology and human evolution (A technologically dependent lineage) (=B14) |
A60 |
Special topics in museum studies |
A61 |
Special topics in archaeological concepts 1 (Archaeology of colonialism) |
A62 |
Special topics in archaeological concepts 2 (Historical ecology) |
AS3 |
Geographical information systems in archaeology |
AS5 |
Human osteology (= B18, Decoding the skeleton) |
AS7 |
Geoarchaeology |
AS8 |
Molecular archaeology |
AS9 |
Analysis of archaeological materials (Materials analysis) |
AS11 |
Special topics in archaeological methods 1 (Environmental archaeology) |
B11 |
Special topics in biological anthropology 1 (What finches tell us about humans) |
B12 |
Special topics in biological anthropology 2 (Culture evolves) |
B13 |
Special topics in biological anthropology 3 (Health and disease throughout human evolution) |
B14 |
Special topics in biological anthropology 4 (A technologically dependent lineage) (= A50) |
B15 |
Special topics in biological anthropology 5 (Friends, relatives and communities: Human social evolution) |
B16 |
Special topics in biological anthropology 6 (Genomes: Ancient, modern and mixed) |
B17 |
Special topics in biological anthropology 7 (Our extended family: Primate biology and behaviour) |
B18 |
Special topics in biological anthropology 8 (Decoding the skeleton) (= AS5) |
The following year-long papers will not be offered in Part IIb in 2020–21:
A26 Mesopotamian
archaeology II: Territorial states to empires
A28 Ancient Egypt in
context: An archaeology of foreign relations
A30 Archaeology of
death and burial in ancient Egypt
A33 Ancient South
America
A32 Ancient
India II: Early historic cities of South Asia
A34 The archaeology of
Mesoamerica and North America
A36 Topics within
regional archaeology
M2 Mesopotamian
culture II: Literature
The following term-long papers will not be offered in Part IIb in 2020–21:
A51 Special topics in
European prehistory
A52 Special topics in
historic Europe (Britain ad
300–800)
A53 Special topics in
Near Eastern archaeology
A54 Special topics in
regional archaeology 1 (Prehistoric art)
A55 Special topics in
regional archaeology 2
A56 Special topics in
regional archaeology 3
A57 Special topics in
regional archaeology 4
A58 Special topics in
regional archaeology 5
A59 Material culture:
conceptual approaches
AS1 Foundation
statistics (this paper is running but will be taken by M.Phil. students only.)
AS2 Special topics in
advanced statistics/modelling
AS4 Zooarchaeology
AS6 Palaeobotany
AS10 Archaeological
genetics
AS12 Special topics in archaeological
methods 2