ANU - STUDYAT - Arch SW Asia and Egypt

Offered By:

School of Archaeology & Anthropology

Academic Career:

Undergraduate

Course Subject:

Archaeology

Offered in:

ARCH2001 will not be offered in 2010

Unit Value:

6 units

Course Description:

The archaeological record of Southwest Asia from the beginnings of agriculture and animal husbandry (c.10,000 BC) to the high point of Sumerian and Akkadian civilisation during the third millennium BC. Comparative surveys of the Harappan (Pakistan) and Egypt prior to about 2000 BC.

Indicative Assessment:

Tutorial attendance (10%), tutorial presentation (10%), test (10%), essay 1 (35%), essay 2 (35%).

Workload:

2 hours lectures and one hour tutorial per week

Areas of Interest:

Archaeology

Requisite Statement:

One first year course to the value of 6 units in Archaeology (ARCH or PREH) or permission of the lecturer.

Incompatibility:

PREH2001 Archaeology of Southwest Asia and Egypt: Early Agriculture to Urban Civilisation.

Preliminary Reading:

Maisels, K. Early Civilzations of the Old World, Routledge, 2001.
Pollock, S. Ancient Mesopotamia, Cambridge UP, 1999.

Majors/Specialisations:

Classics, Archaeology, and Ancient History

Academic Contact:

Professor Bellwood

The Archaeology of South-West Asia and Egypt: Early Agriculture to Urban Civilisation ARCH2001 - Details