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:
- B6 Major Topics in Human Evolutionary Studies
- FOUR* one-term papers from:
- B11 What Finches Tell Us About Humans
- B12 Culture Evolves
- B13 Health and Disease Throughout Human Evolution
- B14 A Technologically Dependent Lineage
- B15 Friends, Relatives and Communities: Human Social Evolution
- 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:
- and EITHER:
- SIX one-term options (from B11-B18 and Archaeology one-term papers) *
- FOUR one-term options (from B11-B18 and Archaeology one-term papers) + dissertation.
- FOUR one-term options (from B11-B18 and Archaeology one-term papers) + one of B2-B4 if not taken in Part IIA *
- FOUR one-term options (from B11-B18 and Archaeology one-term papers) + one of B6/A12/A10 not already being taken.*
- TWO one-term options (from B11-B18 and Archaeology one-term papers) + one of B2-B4 not taken in IIA + dissertation.
- TWO one-term options (from B11-B18 and Archaeology one-term papers) + one of B2-B4 not taken in IIA + one of B6/A12/A10. *
- TWO one-term options (from B11-B18 and Archaeology one-term papers) + one of B6/A12/A10 + dissertation.
* From 2020-21 dissertations will be compulsory so these options are no longer available.