107-005 Archaeology of Western Asia

see Prerequisites.

This subject is 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. On completion of the subject students 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 BC; and have developed a knowledge of archaeological methods to study processes of cultural change and interaction.