Archaeology Tripos students can take B1 Humans in Biological Perspective in their first year (Part I). Part II students (second & third year) can then choose either Biological Anthropology Track or the Joint Biological Anthropology/Archaeology Track
Part IIA
Part IIA students in the Biological Anthropology Track will take the following courses:
- B5 From Data to Interpretation
- TWO Papers from:
- ONE Paper from:
- Another paper from B2-B4
- Archaeology Tripos:
- A2 Archaeology in Action
- A10 Archaeological Theory and Practice I
- A21 Archaeological Science
- A22 Palaeolithic Archaeology
- A23 European Prehistory
- A24 Medieval Globe
- A26 Mesopotamian Archaeology II: territorial states to empires
- A28 Ancient Egypt in context: an archaeology of foreign relations
- A30 The Archaeology of death and burial
- A33 Ancient South America
- A35 The Archaeology of Africa
- A37 Classical Art and Archaeology (Classics Tripos)
- Psychology Tripos:
- PBS3
- PBS4
- HSPS Tripos (check website for available options)
Part IIB
Part IIB students in the Biological Anthropology Track will take the following courses:
- SIX* one-term papers from:
- B11 The human species: evolution, dispersals and diversity
- B12 The inner ape: Hominin origins and evolution
- B13 Evolution, medicine, and public health: new perspectives on health and disease
- B14 A Technologically Dependent Lineage
- B15 Human Sociality: evolutionary perspectives on cooperation, culture and cognition
- B16 Genomes: Ancient, Modern and Mixed
- B17 Our Extended Family: Primate Biology and Behaviour
- B18 Decoding the Skeleton
- A dissertation
* two of B11-B18 may be substituted by a year-long paper in Archaeology or PBS, or by two one-term papers. Alternatively, one of B2-B4 if not already taken in Part IIA.
Part IIA
Part IIA students in the Joint Biological Anthropology/Archaeology Track will take the following courses:
- B5 From Data to Interpretation
- ONE Paper from:
- ONE Paper from:
- A2 Archaeology in Action (required if not taken in Part I)
- A10 Archaeological Theory and Practice I
- ANOTHER Paper from B2-B4 OR one from:
- A10 Archaeological Theory and Practice I
- A21 Archaeological Science
- A22 Palaeolithic Archaeology
- A23 European Prehistory
- A24 Medieval Globe
- A26 Mesopotamian Archaeology II: territorial states to empires
- A28 Ancient Egypt in context: an archaeology of foreign relations
- A30 The Archaeology of death and burial
- A33 Ancient South America
- A35 The Archaeology of Africa
- A37 Classical Art and Archaeology (Classics Tripos)
Part IIB
Part IIB students in the Joint Biological Anthropology/Archaeology Track will take the following courses:
- ONE of:
- A10*
- A12
- Two one-term papers, one chosen from B11-B18 and the other from Archaeology's one-term papers AS1–AS12, A13, A50–A62.
- EITHER
- ONE paper chosen from A10* or A12
- TWO papers chosen from B11–B18, A13, AS1– AS12, A50–A62
- A dissertation.
*A10 must be taken if not taken at Part IIA