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No 6582

Wednesday 18 March 2020

Vol cl No 24

pp. 414–433

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Archaeology Tripos, 2020–21: Variable papers

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:

Part I

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

Part IIa

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

Part IIb

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