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104-238/338 Mesopotamian Archaeology

Availability: Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Dr G Bunnens.

Prerequisite: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department.

Contact: Two lectures and a tutorial a week, or equivalent.

Objectives:

Students should on completion of the subject have acquired a general understanding of the main aspects of the material culture of ancient Mesopotamia and its evolution, and its relationship to Mesopotamian society as a whole and the skills for the interpretation of this culture.

Content:

Art and archaeology of the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians from the first villages to the collapse of the Assyrian empire.

Assessment:

3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent).

Prescribed texts:


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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 19)

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