ARCHAEOLOGY Colin Renfrew & Paul Bahn, 2012, Archaeology: Theories, Methods and th Practice (6 edition); Thames & Hudson. Christopher Scarre (editor), 2013, The Human Past (3rd edition); Thames and Hudson. Robert Wenke & Deborah Olszewski, 2006, Patterns in th Prehistory (5 edition); Oxford University Press. AKKADIAN LANGUAGE Before the start of the course you should read the following survey article (freely available online at http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/3139/1/PAGE_31-71.pdf) A.R. George, “Babylonian and Assyrian: A history of Akkadian”, in J.N. Postgate (ed.), Languages of Iraq, Ancient and Modern (2007), 31-71. The Akkadian course will be based on handouts made available in class, but you will also be referred to the following reference books. You are welcome to look at them in advance of starting the course, but it is not required: Grammar R. Caplice, Introduction to Akkadian (3rd ed. 1988). J. Huehnergard, A grammar of Akkadian (1997). M. Worthington, Teach Yourself Complete Babylonian (2010; there is also a corrected reprint, 2012). Dictionary J.A. Black, A.R. George & J.N. Postgate, A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian (1999). Cuneiform sign lists R. Labat & F. Malbran-Labat, Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne (several editions). R. Borger, Assyrisch-babylonische Zeichenliste (several editions). EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE You are welcome to look at some of following readings in advance of starting the course, but it is not required: Grammar James E. Hoch, 1997, Middle Egyptian Grammar. Benben Publications. [This is the principal textbook used in class] Mark Collier and Bill Manley. 1998. How to read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A step- by-step guide to teach yourself. British Museum. [This could serve as a quick and reliable introduction to the language, but it is not intended for academic instruction] Sign List Alan Gardiner, 1957, Egyptian Grammar (3rd edition); Griffith Institute. [For the sign list *only*] Dictionary Raymond O. Faulkner, 1962 (reprinted), Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian; Griffith Institute. General works of interest William K. Simpson, et al. 2003. The Literature of Ancient Egypt. Third ed. Yale University Press. [A collection of ancient Egyptian texts in translation] Ian Shaw. 2000. The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. Stephen Quirke. 1992. Ancient Egyptian Religion. British Museum. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY th Robert Boyd & Joan Silk, 2009, How Humans Evolved (5 edition); W.W. Norton & Co. Frans de Waal, 2001, Tree of Origin: What Primate Behaviour Can Tell Us About Human Social Evolution; Harvard University Press. Matt Ridley, 2003, Nature via Nurture. Genes, Experience and what makes us th Human (4 edition); Estate. .