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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Archaeology

104-237/337 Archaeology of Western Asia

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor A Sagona

Prerequisite/s:

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

Contact:

Two lectures and a tutorial a week, or equivalent.

Subject Description:

An introduction to the material culture of the ancient lands of Anatolia, Iran, the Persian Gulf region, Pakistan and India, and Cyprus - the lands surrounding the Syro-Mesopotamian region. The subject will be set within a rigorous theoretical and methodological framework. Students on completion of the subject should have acquired a knowledge of the social, political and cultural development of ancient Western Asia in regions other than Syria and Mesopotamia from about 3600 to 330 B. C.; have developed a knowledge of archaeological methods to study processes of cultural change and interaction.

Assessment:

3000 words of written work (50%) and a 2-hour examination (50%).

Prescribed Texts:

Please note: Most of the reading consists of articles.

  • C Renfrew and P Bahn, Archaeology: Theory, Methods and Practice, London 1991.
  • E Carter and H Stolper, Elam: Surveys of Political History and Archaeology, Berkeley 1984.
  • B and R Allchin, The Rise of Civilisation in India and Pakistan, Cambridge 1982.
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