Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Associate Professor A Sagona. Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department. Two lectures and a tutorial a week. Students on completion of the subject should have acquired a knowledge of the prehistoric cultures of the Old World and Australia; have developed a knowledge of archaeological methods to study processes of cultural change and interaction. The archaeology of prehistoric cultures from the emergence of hunter-gatherer societies to the earliest sedentary communities. Chronologically the subject covers the period from about 4 million years ago to 4000 B. C. 3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination or equivalent (50 per cent). B M Fagan People of the Earth An Introduction to World Prehistory 7th ed. 1992 New York