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ARCH2001 The Archaeology of South-West Asia and Egypt: Early Agriculture to Urban Civilisation

Later Year Course

Offered By School of Archaeology & Anthropology
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Archaeology
Offered in ARCH2001 will not be offered in 2010
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

The archaeological record of Southwest Asia from the beginnings of agriculture and animal husbandry (c.10,000 BC) to the high point of Sumerian and Akkadian civilisation during the third millennium BC. Comparative surveys of the Harappan (Pakistan) and Egypt prior to about 2000 BC.

Indicative Assessment

Tutorial attendance (10%), tutorial presentation (10%), test (10%), essay 1 (35%), essay 2 (35%).

Workload

2 hours lectures and one hour tutorial per week

Areas of Interest Archaeology
Requisite Statement

One first year course to the value of 6 units in Archaeology (ARCH or PREH) or permission of the lecturer.

Incompatibility

PREH2001 Archaeology of Southwest Asia and Egypt: Early Agriculture to Urban Civilisation.

Preliminary Reading Maisels, K. Early Civilzations of the Old World, Routledge, 2001.
Pollock, S. Ancient Mesopotamia, Cambridge UP, 1999.
Majors/Specialisations Classics, Archaeology, and Ancient History
Academic Contact Professor Bellwood

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