UCL - INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
ARCL 1011
TEXTS IN ARCHAEOLOGY
2015-16
Year 1 Course
0.5 unit
Turnitin class ID: 2970084
Turnitin password: IoA1516
Co-ordinator: Dr Rachael Sparks
r.sparks@ucl.ac.uk
Room B55
Telephone: 020 7679 1529
Working with hieroglyphic texts in the
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Please see the last page of this document for important information about
submission and marking procedures, and links to the relevant webpages.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Overview
About this course
Lecture Summary
Aims
Objectives
Learning outcomes
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2. Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Workload
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3. Learning Resources
Moodle
Libraries
Online reading list
Other online resources
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4. Methods of assessment
Essays
Submission of coursework
The exam
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5. Communication
Intercollegiate & interdepartmental students
Feedback
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6. Teaching schedule
Lecture and seminar summaries with weekly readings
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7. Course reading list
1. Introductory reading
II. Cultural and archaeological background
III. Texts as writing systems
IV. Texts as social, cultural & political tools
V. The visual, physical & temporal setting of texts
VI. The Materiality of texts (‘Text as object’)
VII. Ethical concerns
VIII. Source material: texts in translation
IX. Online object databases
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8. Your lecturers
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9. Appendix A: Policies and procedures
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1. OVERVIEW
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course examines how textual evidence may be used by students of different
disciplines to study past societies, with a particular focus on archaeological research.
It uses written sources from the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean to explore
issues such as the materiality of texts, literacy and orality, the relationship between
texts, physical space and visual media, and the social context of writing.
LECTURE SUMMARY
I. TEXTS AS WRITING SYSTEMS
1. Fri. 9th Oct.
Introduction to the course
2. Fri. 16th Oct.
The nature of the surviving evidence
3. Fri. 23rd Oct.
The development and operation of early writing systems
4. Fri. 30th Oct.
Text and object: uses of alphabetic writing in the Greek World
II. TEXTS AS SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL TOOLS
5. Fri. 6th Nov.
Fri. 9th Nov.
Taking writing to the west: script diversity and the social
contexts of writing in pre-Roman Italy
READING WEEK – NO CLASSES OR SEMINARS
6. Fri. 20th Nov.
Writing and society in ancient Egypt
7. Fri. 27th Nov.
The Hebrew Bible and the archaeology of Iron Age Israel
III. CONTEXTUALISING THE MESSAGE
8. Fri. 4th Dec.
The relationship between texts and visual imagery in the NeoAssyrian empire
9. Fri. 11th Dec.
Text and architecture in ancient Egypt. Guest lecturer: Richard
Bussmann
10. Fri. 18th Dec.
Using texts as a chronological tool
Fri. 29th Jan.
COURSE ESSAY DUE by 5.00 pm today.
11. Wed. 27th Apr. Exam revision session (date to be confirmed later in the year)
AIMS
• To introduce students to the nature of written sources for pre-industrial
societies
• To examine methods and approaches of working with texts in archaeology
• To consider how to integrate textual and non-textual approaches to the past
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To discuss and analyse specific case-studies of texts in archaeology, sampled
from a wide range of past literate societies.
OBJECTIVES
On successful completion of this course a student should:
• Have a broad overview of how texts can be studied from an archaeological
perspective, and understand the value of this approach
• Appreciate the significance of written texts as evidence from the past
• Recognise the importance of critical and integrated approaches to the use of
archaeological and textual sources when investigating past societies.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate:
• Understanding and critical awareness of a range of primary and secondary
sources.
• Appreciation of, and ability to apply, methods and theories of archaeological
and textual analysis.
• Written and oral skills in analysis and presentation.
2. TEACHING METHODS
The course runs for Term I only. The course is taught through a total of 20 hours of
lectures and seminars. These are divided into weekly sessions consisting of a onehour lecture, which will take place from 9:00 to 10:00 am, followed by a one-hour
seminar on the same day, either from 10:00 to 11:00 am, or from 4.00 to 5.00 pm.
Attendance at both lecture and seminar are compulsory. In addition to this, an
optional revision session will take place in the first week of Term III to prepare
students for the examination paper. The exact date and location of this will be
arranged closer to the time.
LECTURES
The weekly lecture is designed to give an overview of a topic, using a series of case
studies to illustrate how different cultures make use of writing systems, and to
demonstrate points of method or theory. It is intended to be complementary to the
specific topics discussed in depth during that week’s seminar session.
SEMINARS
Students will be divided into two seminar groups during the first lecture, and a list of
names will be posted on Moodle. Anyone whose name does not appear on this list
should contact the Course Coordinator. You are expected to attend the same group
every week in order to keep numbers small enough for effective discussion. If you
need to attend a different group for a particular session, you should obtain permission
from the Course Co-ordinator to do so in advance of that session.
Each seminar session will involve one or two student presentations and a period of
open discussion and/or group exercises. This will sometimes include the opportunity
to handle objects from the Institute of Archaeology Collections. The aim of these
sessions is to gain a deeper understanding of the materials and themes discussed in
this course. Presentation topics are assigned to students by the Course Co-ordinator;
guidance on how to approach these will be given during the first seminar session and
via Moodle.
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Every student in the class is required to take part in the seminars, to make at least one
presentation to the class on an assigned topic, complete any online reading or
homework assigned, and to be involved in a process of peer review. Open discussion
will be based on required reading and a set question, as indicated in the Course
Schedule. It is essential to have done this reading BEFORE the relevant class.
WORKLOAD
There will be 10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of seminars for this course. Students
will be expected to undertake around 8 hours of reading per week (80 hours in all),
plus 68 hours preparing for and producing the assessed work, and an additional 40
hours on revision for the examination. This adds up to a total workload of 188 hours
for the course.
3. LEARNING RESOURCES
MOODLE
Moodle is a Virtual Learning Environment that will be used to support this course. It
contains a range of useful resources, including a searchable database of objects and
texts discussed in class, a glossary of technical terms, links to electronic reading lists,
announcements, and supporting documentation including electronic versions of class
hand-outs (note that a printed copy will also be provided at the relevant sessions).
You can log into Moodle at https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/login/index.php. Students who
have already enrolled via PORTICO are enrolled automatically; non UCL students
will have to obtain a user ID and password from UCL's Information Systems Division
before they can log in (contact email: userservices@ucl.ac.uk).
Instructions on how to use this resource will be given in the introductory session. If
you are awaiting an ID and password, you may still log onto the site as a guest, by
selecting the 'login as a guest' option, then typing ARCL1011 into the search box.
Click on the course title when it appears, and enter the enrolment key when prompted
to do so. This key will be given out in class during the first session, or may be
obtained from the course co-ordinator thereafter.
LIBRARIES
The principal resources for this course are the Institute of Archaeology library
(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/sites/archaeology) and the Main UCL library
(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/sites/main). Institute students also have borrowing rights
at the University of London Library at Senate House on Mallet Street
(http://www.ull.ac.uk), and reading rights at the School of Oriental and African
Studies (SOAS) (http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/), and will find several books on the
reading lists at these alternative locations. Access to these alternate libraries may be
obtained by presenting library staff with a valid UCL or SOAS student card. All shelf
marks in the reading lists below have prefixed to indicate the appropriate library
location: ‘INST ARCH’ 'MAIN', 'SCIENCE' (another UCL branch library),
LangSpeechSci (The Language and Speech Science library, located at Chandler
House,
2
Wakefield
Street
(just
off
Tavistock
Place),
http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/library/), 'SENATE HOUSE' or 'SOAS'. A map showing
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the location of the most relevant libraries will be found on Moodle under the tab for
‘week 1’.
Please treat all books and journals with respect; marking, underlining or otherwise
defacing library materials is considered a serious offence as well as being
disrespectful to your fellow students.
ONLINE READING LIST
An electronic reading list of is available online via a link within Moodle, under the
‘Resources’ tab. You can also access this directly online at:
http://readinglists.ucl.ac.uk/lists/9995FD9B-1933-FFAF-8C3E-FC8AE9B15FFE.html
These will give you shortcuts to the library record for each item, and in some cases
allow you to download a copy. Electronic copies of additional journal material are
also available via the online library catalogue, UCL Explore,
(http://uclprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do); you may find
these by searching for the journal name and following the links provided. These will
take you to various repositories for electronic journals, such as JSTOR, which are a
useful resource in their own right.
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
The full UCL Institute of Archaeology coursework guidelines are given here:
https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/archadmin/Coursework+Guidelines and the full text of
the ARCL 1011 course handbook may be found via this link:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/studying/undergraduate/courses/ARCL1011 and also at:
https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2072&section=0
4. METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
The course is assessed by means of:
(a) One essay, of between 2,375-2,625 words, which will contribute 50% to the final
grade for this course. This will be due on Friday 29th January 2016.
The nature of the assignment and possible approaches to it will be discussed in class
in advance of the submission deadline. If students are unclear about the nature of an
assignment, they should discuss this with the Course Co-ordinator. The expected
learning outcome of this method of assessment is a reasoned and critical assessment
of multiple sources.
(b) A two-hour written exam in May 2016, worth 50% of the final course-mark.
Students are expected to answer 4 out of a total of 12 questions. Guidance on the
exam paper will be given in an optional revision session early in Term III and posted
on Moodle; students may also contact the course-coordinator for advice at any time.
This is a time-limited and invigilated form of assessment, designed to test
comprehension and critical use of taught knowledge.
ESSAYS
Students are required to complete a written essay of 2,375-2,625 words. The actual
word count achieved should be indicated on your essay coversheet. The following
should not be included in your word-count: title page, essay question, list of figures
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and tables, figure or table captions, the contents of tables and figures, and
bibliography.
Penalties will be imposed if you exceed the upper figure in the range, according to
UCL regulations, which are as follows:
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Essays that are less than 10% longer than the official word limit will receive a
10% reduction in their final mark.
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Essays that exceed the word limit by 10% or more (= 250 words or more) will
receive a mark of 0.
There is no official penalty for using fewer words than the lower figure in the range:
this lower figure is simply for your guidance to indicate the sort of length that is
expected. However you should aim to achieve the recommended length.
Choose ONE of the following questions:
1.
Discuss the archaeological evidence for the emergence of writing in at least
two different ancient societies. How does writing appear there and why? What
problems or questions does this material raise?
2.
Compare and contrast the archaeological evidence for official and personal
uses of writing in the ancient world. How might the purpose of a text influence
its physical form?
3.
How can a more holistic approach to texts, considering their archaeological
setting, materiality and written content help us gain a better understanding of
past societies?
4.
Discuss the potential ethical issues surrounding the study and use of ancient
texts. How might these be addressed?
There is no set reading list for each question; you are expected to identify relevant
material from your weekly course reading lists, and the general reading listed at the
end of this handbook.
You are welcome to discuss your choice of question and how to approach it with the
Course Co-ordinator or individual course lecturers. There will also be time scheduled
for discussion of the essays in the seminar session for week 8 of the course.
You can expect to receive your marked work within four calendar weeks of the
official submission deadline. If you do not receive your work within this period, or a
written explanation from the marker, you should notify the IoA’s Academic
Administrator, Judy Medrington.
SUBMISSION OF COURSEWORK
Late submission will be penalized in accordance with these regulations unless
permission has been granted and an Extension Request Form (ERF) completed.
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Date-stamping will be via ‘Turnitin’ (see below), so in addition to submitting hard
copy, students must also submit their work to Turnitin by midnight on the day of the
deadline. This must be a full and complete copy, including bibliography. Students
who encounter technical problems submitting their work to Turnitin should email the
nature of the problem to our Turnitin Adviser sat ioa-turnitin@ucl.ac.uk in advance of
the deadline; they can then notify the Course Co-ordinator if it is appropriate to waive
the late submission penalty. If there is any other unexpected crisis on the submission
day, students should inform the Course Co-ordinator immediately.
Please see the Coursework Guidelines in your Degree Handbook and on the IoA
website for further details of penalties:
https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/archadmin/Submission
THE EXAM
This course has a two-hour unseen examination, which will be held during May 2016.
The specific date and time will be announced when the schedule of examinations is
set by the College. In the examination, students will have to answer 4 out of 12
questions. The format of this paper, outlined above under "Methods of Assessment"
will be further detailed during the course. Previous examination papers with the same
format and examples of the style of questions which will be asked are available for
consultation in the Institute Library, and are also made available in electronic format
at:
http://digitoolb.lib.ucl.ac.uk:8881/R/5T7LQQTE3B2BAETPSSX1P5SFPFCVC7MVTYQJCFX46
TQUE56H5E-01669. An optional revision session to discuss the examination will be
held in the first week of Term III.
5. COMMUNICATION
If any changes need to be made to the course arrangements, these will normally be
communicated by email. It is therefore essential that you consult your UCL email
account regularly. Moodle will also be used to disseminate class notices, so you must
also ensure that you are fully enrolled in this system.
INTERCOLLEGIATE AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL STUDENTS
Students enrolled in Departments outside the Institute will be given a copy of the IoA
Coursework Guidelines in the first lecture of the course; these can also be
downloaded at https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2072&section=1 Those
enrolled outside UCL should contact Judy Medrington (j.medrington@ucl.ac.uk,
room 411a) to find out how to obtain a UCL user ID and password – which will be
needed to access online resources for this course. Paperwork submitted for this must
be processed through college, and the process can take some time, so students should
ensure they have submitted their forms for this by the end of the first week of term I.
FEEDBACK
In trying to make this course as effective as possible, we welcome feedback from
students during the course of the year. Anonymous feedback forms for this course
may be filled in anytime via Moodle, under the ‘resources’ tab
(https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2072&section=13).
More formal feedback is also collected towards the end of the course, when all
students are asked to give their views on the course in an anonymous evaluation form.
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This will circulated in week 8 or 9. These evaluations are taken very seriously and
help the Course Co-ordinator to develop the course. The summarised responses are
considered by the Institute's Staff-Student Consultative Committee, Teaching
Committee, and by the Faculty Teaching Committee, who may all recommend actions
to further improve the course.
If students are concerned about any aspect of this course we hope they will feel able
to talk to the Course Co-ordinator, but if they feel this is not appropriate, they should
consult their Personal Tutor, the Academic Administrator (Judy Medrington), or the
Chair of Teaching Committee (Dr. Karen Wright).
6. TEACHING SCHEDULE
Lectures will be held in Room 209 at the Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon
Square on Fridays from 9:00 to 10:00 am. Seminars will be held in room 209 from
10:00-11:00 am and 4:00-5:00 pm. Allocation of students to one of these two seminar
groups will be made at the first lecture. Lectures are given by Dr Sparks, with the
exception of week 9, which will be delivered by Richard Bussmann.
LECTURE AND SEMINAR SUMMARIES WITH WEEKLY READINGS
The following section describes the course as a whole, outlining weekly topics and
identifying essential and supplementary readings relevant to each session. The
seminar questions allocated for student presentations may vary from this schedule,
depending on class size; students will be informed of any changes in the first two
weeks of the course.
Readings marked with an asterix (*) are considered essential to keep up with the
topics covered in the course. Essential reading will be made available as electronic
reading, placed in the Teaching Collection or put behind the Library Issue Desk for
short-term loan wherever possible, to allow maximum access. Please remember that
items in the Teaching Collection MAY NOT BE PHOTOCOPIED.
Each reading is followed by library classmarks, indicating where copies may be
found. These begin with a prefix to indicate the library name: INST ARCH (located
on the 5th floor of the Institute), MAIN (located on the 1st floor of the Wilkins
Building), SCIENCE (located on Malet Place), SOAS (School of Oriental and
African Studies library) or SENATE HOUSE (located on Malet Street). The
reference that follows indicates the specific shelf location within that library. Note
that PERS is short for ‘periodicals’; any item with this marking may be found in the
Journals section of the library. Any reading that is available eletronically will be
marked ‘digitised reading available’. Please note that we provide digitised versions of
reading list material wherever possible, but are sometimes prevented doing so by
copyright regulations.
The loan status of UCL material can be accessed on the Library’s ‘Explore’ catalogue
system:
http://ucl-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do. For SOAS
items see: https://library.soas.ac.uk/ and for Senate House items go to:
http://catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/search~S1. If you encounter any problems accessing
any of this reading, please inform the Course Coordinator immediately.
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There will be weekly handouts provided in classes and seminars, which may also
include additional reading suggestions. Further reading is also provided in section 7 of
this handbook; this is intended as source material for course essays and for those who
wish to explore a particular topic in more depth.
WEEK 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
Rachael Sparks, 9th October 2015.
This session explains the aims and format of the course, what resources are available,
and what will be expected of students in terms of oral presentations and written work.
Copies of the course handbook will be disseminated and students will be assigned to
their seminar groups. The following seminar session will be used to explore how we
might define a'text', and the different forms that texts may take.
WEEK 2. THE NATURE OF THE SURVIVING EVIDENCE
Rachael Sparks, 16th October 2015.
What constitutes a 'text' and how do we go about reading it? Does the accidental and
random survival of texts colour our views of the past? And what role should ethics
play in the study of this type of material?
SEMINAR TOPICS:
2.1. How were cuneiform texts stored in the Near East? What does this tell us about
the way they were used?
Matthiae, P. 1980. Ebla: An Empire Rediscovered. London: Hodder and
Stoughton, 150-163. INST ARCH ISSUE DESK MAT 5 and DBD 10 MAT;
MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY H52 MAT; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY 7th
Floor (63) LKF EBL Mat; SOAS QHG939.4 /428526.
Van den Hout, T. 2003. Miles of Clay: Information Management in the Ancient
Near Eastern Hittite Empire. Available online at:
http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/777777190247/ (accessed on 6/10/2015)
FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION
2.2. Does the provenance or exact findspot of ancient texts really matter?
* Brodie, N. 2011. Scholarship and Insurgency? The Study and Trade of Iraqi
Antiquities, paper delivered at: Illicit Traffic of Cultural Objects: Law, Ethics,
and the Realities. An Institute of Advanced Studies Workshop, 4-5 August 2011,
University of Western Australia, 1-28. Digitised reading available.
* Rollston, C.A. and A.G. Vaughn, 2006. The Antiquities Market,
Sensationalized Textual Data, and Modern Forgeries: Introduction to the
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Problem and Synopsis of the 2004 Israeli Indictment. Available online at:
http://www.sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=373
You’ll also find the articles by Van Hout, Gates, Goren and Von Dassow
relevant to this issue; additional reading may be found in section VII of the
general reading at the end of the handbook.
2.3. What effect does the material used for recording texts have on their survival? Is
this distorting the ancient record?
*Leach, B. and J. Tait, 2000. Papyrus, in: P. T. Nicholson and I. Shaw (eds),
Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 239-243. INST ARCH K QTO NIC; EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS S5
NIC; SOAS FRE.L /725149; digitised reading available.
*Postgate, J.N. Wang, T. and T. Wilkinson, 1995. The Evidence for Early
Writing: Utilitarian or Ceremonial?, Antiquity 69 no. 264, 459-80. INST ARCH
PERS A; digitised reading available.
READING:
Bagley, R.W. 2004. Anyang Writing and the Origin of the Chinese Writing System, in
S.D. Houston (ed.), The First Writing. Script Invention as History and Process,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 190-249. INST ARCH GC HOU;
SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North Block Ground Floor Small Hall
CC25.1 [Houston]; SOAS A411.09 /951246; digitised reading available.
Black, J.A. and W.J. Tait, 2000. Archives and Libraries in the Ancient Near East, in:
J.M. Sasson (ed.), Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Volumes III-IV, New
York: Scribner, 2197-2209. INST ARCH DBA 100 SAS; MAIN ANCIENT
HISTORY QUARTOS B5 SAS and MAIN ISSUE DESK ANCIENT
HISTORY QUARTOS B5 SAS; SOAS L Ref QB930 /725824.
Daniels, P.T. 2000. The Decipherment of Ancient Near Eastern Scripts, in: J.M.
Sasson (ed.), Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Volumes I-II, New York:
Scribner, 81-93. INST ARCH DBA 100 SAS; MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY
QUARTOS B5 SAS and MAIN ISSUE DESK ANCIENT HISTORY
QUARTOS B5 SAS; SOAS L Ref QB930 /725824.
Gates, M.-H. 1988. Dialogues Between Ancient Near Eastern Texts and the
Archaeological Record: Test Cases from Bronze Age Syria, Bulletin of the
American Schools of Oriental Research 270, 63-91. INST ARCH PERS B;
digitised reading available.
Goren, Y., Ahituv, S., Ayalon, A., Bar-Matthews, M., Dahari, U., Dayagi-Mendels,
M., Demsky, A. & Levin, N. 2005. A Re-examination of the Inscribed
Pomegranate from the Israel Museum, Israel Exploration Journal 55.1, 3-20.
INST ARCH PERS I; SOAS Per 5 74853; digitised reading available.
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See also Avigad, N. 1990. The Incised Pomegranate from the ‘House of the
Lord”, Biblical Archaeologist 53, 157-166 (written before this item was
declared a fake) INST ARCH PERS B; SOAS Per 107L 355717; digitised
reading available.
and Lemaire, A. 2006. A Re-examination of the Inscribed Pomegranate: A
Rejoinder - Appendix by Amnon Rosenfeld and Shimon Ilani, Israel
Exploration Journal 56.2, 167-177 (a response to Goren et al. 2005); INST
ARCH PERS I; SOAS Per 5 74853; digitised reading available.
Sherratt, S. 2011. Between Theory, Texts and Archaeology: Working with the
Shadows, in: K. Duistermaat and I. Regulski (eds), Intercultural Contacts in the
Ancient Mediterranean: Proceedings of the International Conference at the
Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 25th to 29th October 2008, Leuven:
Peeters Press, 3-30. INST ARCH DAG 100 DUI.
Stolper, M.W. 2014. “Case in Point: The Persepolis Fortification Archive”, in: M.T.
Rutz and M. Kersel (eds), Archaeologies of Text: Archaeology, Technology, and
Ethics, Oxbow: Oxford, 14-30. INST ARCH AH RUT.
Von Dassow, E. 2005. Archives of Alalah IV in Archaeological Context, Bulletin of
the American Schools of Oriental Research 338, 1-69. INST ARCH PERS B;
digitised reading available.
Zettler, R.L. 2003. Reconstructing the World of Ancient Mesopotamia: Divided
Beginnings and Holistic History, Journal of the Economic and Social History of
the Orient 46.1, 3-45. INST ARCH PERS J; digitised reading available.
WEEK 3. THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF EARLY WRITING
SYSTEMS. Rachael Sparks, 23rd October 2015.
This lecture will use case studies from Bronze Age Mesopotamia, Egypt and the
Levant to investigate the development of pictographic, syllabic and early alphabetic
writing systems, and the different ways in which these can be used to record
language.
FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION
There will be no seminar presentations in week 3. Instead, the class will be given the
opportunity to engage with a series of artefacts relating to different writing systems,
and asked to consider how they were used by the societies that created them. The
objects will be selected from the Institute of Archaeology collections (for more
information on these collections, see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/archaeology/).
READING:
*Hooker, J.T. 1990. Reading the Past. Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the
Alphabet New York: Barnes and Noble. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK HOO
2; GC HOO; SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North Block Ground Floor
Small Hall CC25.1 [Hooker]; SOAS A411.09 /607197. Read at least two
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chapters of your choice from: Cuneiform, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Linear B, The
Early Alphabet. Note that the chapters in this book have also been published as
individual monographs (Chadwick 1987, Davies 1987, Healey 1990, Walker
1987).
MESOPOTAMIAN WRITING SYSTEMS
Michalowski, P. 1993. Tokenism, American Anthropologist 95.4, 996-999. INST
ARCH PERS A; SOAS Per 28/ 68177; digitised reading available.
Nissen, H.J. 1986. The Archaic Texts from Uruk, World Archaeology 17.3, 317-334.
INST ARCH PERS W; Digitised reading available.
Pearce, L.E. 2000. The Scribes and Scholars of Ancient Mesopotamia, in: J.M. Sasson
(ed.), 2000. Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Volumes III-IV, New York:
Scribner, 2265-2278. INST ARCH DBA 100 SAS; MAIN ANCIENT
HISTORY QUARTOS B5 SAS and MAIN ISSUE DESK ANCIENT
HISTORY QUARTOS B5 SAS; SOAS L Ref QB930 /725824.
Pedersén, O. 1997. Use of Writing among the Assyrians, in: H. Waetzoldt and H.
Hauptmann (eds), Assyrien im Wandel der Zeiten. Heidelberg: Heidelberger
Orientverlag, 139-152. INST ARCH DBB 100 Qto WAE; ISSUE DESK TC
3269; SOAS L QDB935 /747128.
Postgate, J.N. 1994. The Written Record, in: Early Mesopotamia. Society and
Economy at the Dawn of History, London: Routledge, 51-70. INST ARCH
DBB 100 POS; IOA ISSUE DESK POS 2; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY SHL
South Block 7th Floor (63) LJA Pos; SOAS QD935 /635635; digitised reading
available.
Schmandt-Besserat, 2000. Record Keeping Before Writing, in: J.M. Sasson (ed.),
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Volumes III-IV, New York: Scribner,
2097-2106. INST ARCH DBA 100 SAS; MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY
QUARTOS B5 SAS and MAIN ISSUE DESK ANCIENT HISTORY
QUARTOS B5 SAS; SOAS L Ref QB930 /725824.
Taylor, J. 2011. Tablets as Artefacts, Scribes as Artisans, Radner, K. & E. Robson.
2011. The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture, Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 5-31. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY D 72 RAD, and 3 hour loan RAD;
SOAS main library QC930 /739763.
EGYPTIAN WRITING SYSTEMS:
Baines, J. 2004. The Earliest Egyptian Writing: Development, Context, Purpose. In:
S.D. Houston (ed.), The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 150-189. INST ARCH GC HOU;
SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North Block Ground Floor Small Hall
CC25.1 [Houston]; SOAS A411.09 /951246; digitised reading available.
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Bard, K. A. 1992. Origins of Egyptian Writing, in: R. Friedman and B. Adams (eds.)
The Followers of Horus: Studies dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman 19441990, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 297-306. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK FRI 4;
EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS A 6 FRI; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL)
South Block 7th Floor (63), LM7 Fol; digitised reading available.
Dreyer, G. 2011. Tomb U-j, a Royal Burial of Dynasty O at Abydos, in: E. Teeter
(ed.), Before the Pyramids, Chicago: Oriental Institute Chicago, 127-136;
digitised reading available.
Ray, J.D. 1986. The Emergence of Writing in Egypt, World Archaeology 17.3, 307315. INST ARCH PERS W; digitised reading available.
Wengrow, D. 2011. Tomb U-j at Abydos and the origins of writing, in: The
Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformations in North East Africa,
10,000-2650 BC, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 198-207. INST
ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK WEN 7; EGYPTOLOGY B 11 WEN; SENATE
HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63), LMA Wen; SOAS FRE
/975237; digitised reading available.
THE EARLY ALPHABET IN EGYPT AND THE NEAR EAST
Darnell, J.C. et al. 2005. Two Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from the Wadi el-Hol:
New Evidence for the Origin of the Alphabet from the Western Desert of Egypt,
Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 59. INST ARCH DBE
Series ANN 59; digitised reading available.
Darnell, J.C. 2013. Wadi el-Hol. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, 1(1). UCLA:
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1sd2j49d (accessed on 10/8/2014).
Goldwasser, O. 2012. The Miners Who Invented the Alphabet – A Response to
Christopher Rollston, Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 4.3, 9-22.
Millard, A.R. 1986. The Infancy of the Alphabet, World Archaeology 17.3, 390-398.
INST ARCH PERS W; digitised reading available.
Rollston, C. 2010. The Probable Inventors of the First Alphabet.
http://www.rollstonepigraphy.com/?p=195 (accessed on 2/10/2014).
COMPARATIVE STUDIES
*Damerow, P. 2006. The Origins of Writing as A Problem of Historical
Epistemology, Cuneiform Digital Library Journal 2006.1, Available online at:
http://cdli.ucla.edu/pubs/cdlj/2006/cdlj2006_001.html (accessed on
02/10/2014).
Lawler, A. 2001. Writing Gets a Rewrite, Science 292 no. 5526, 2418-2420; digitised
reading available.
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WEEK 4. TEXT AND OBJECT: USES OF ALPHABETIC WRITING IN THE
GREEK WORLD. Rachael Sparks, 30th October 2015.
This lecture will provide an outline of the spread of the alphabet across the
Mediterranean world in the first millennium BC, the role played by Greek script, and
the importance of archaeological context in identifying patterns of use and
development.
SEMINAR TOPICS:
4.1. Why do you think the Greeks adopted alphabetic writing? Consider the types of
texts and objects on which this writing first appears, and their contexts of use.
Powell, B.B. 1989. Why was the Greek Alphabet Invented?, Classical Antiquity
8, 321-350; digitised reading available.
Sherratt S. 2003. Visible Writing: Questions of Script and Identity in Early Iron
Age Greece and Cyprus, Oxford Journal of Archaeology 22 no. 3, 225-242.
INST ARCH PERS O; digitised reading available.
4.2. To what extent was Greek writing merely ‘decoration using letters’ in the period
c. 800-400 BC?
Hurwit, J.M. 1990. The Words in the Image: Orality, Literacy, and Early Greek
Art, Word and Image 6.2,180-198; digitised reading available.
*Johnston, A.W. 1987. All Runes to Me, in: S. Nystrom (ed.) Runor och ABC,
Stockholm: Sällkapet Runica et Mediævalia, Riksantikvarieämbetet,
Stockholms Medeltidmuseum, 93-112. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK NYS;
GC NYS; TEACHING COLLECTION 3761.
Lissarrague, F. 2002. Inscriptions on Greek Vases, in: A.-M. Christin (ed.), A
History of Writing: From Hieroglyph to Multimedia, Paris: Flammarion, 241243. INST ARCH GC CHR; SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North
Block Ground Floor Small Hall fol. CC25.2 [Christin].
FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION
4.3. Consider the ways in which Greek writing was presented visually. What practical
techniques were used to assist the reader?
*Cook, B.F. 1987. Greek Inscriptions, London: British Museum Press. INST
ARCH GE 54 COO; MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY W20 COO; SENATE
HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) LDP Coo. Note that this
has also appeared as a chapter in: Hooker, J.T. 1990. Reading the Past.
Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet New York: Barnes and Noble.
INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK HOO 2; GC HOO; SENATE HOUSE
PALAEOGRAPHY North Block Ground Floor Small Hall CC25.1 [Hooker];
SOAS A411.09 /607197.
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Easterling, P. and C. Handley (eds), 2001 Greek Scripts; an Illustrated
Introduction London: Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. MAIN
ANCIENT HISTORY QUARTOS W20 EAS; SENATE
HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North Block Ground Floor Small Hall CC25.2
[Easterling].
* British Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx
Look especially at the illustrations in these sources and think how visual
presentation of a text influences its clarity, and a reader's expectations.
READING:
Carraro, F. 2007. The ‘Speaking Objects’ of Archaic Greece: Writing and Speech in
the First Complete Alphabetic Documents, in: K. Lomas, R.D. Whitehouse &
J.B. Wilkins (eds), Literacy and the State in the Ancient Mediterranean,
London: Accordia Research Institute, 65-80. INST ARCH DAG 100 Qto LOM;
digitised reading available.
Davies, J. 2005. The Origins of the Inscribed Greek Stela, in: P. Bienkowski, C. Mee
and E. Slater (eds), Writing and Ancient Near Eastern Society: Papers in
Honour of Alan R. Millard, London: T & T Clark, 283-300. MAIN ANCIENT
HISTORY B 72 BIE; SOAS Main Library QC411.09 /937203.
Day, J.W. 2010. Contexts of Encounters and the Question of Reading, Archaic Greek
Epigram and Dedication: Representation and Reperformance, Cambridge
University Press: Cambridge, 26-84. MAIN CLASSICS GC 20 DAY.
Dobias-Lalou, C. 2002. The Greek Alphabets, in: A.-M. Christin (ed.), A History of
Writing: From Hieroglyph to Multimedia. Paris: Flammarion, 233-240. INST
ARCH GC CHR; SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North Block Ground
Floor Small Hall fol. CC25.2 [Christin].
Foxhall, L. 2004. Field Sports: Engaging Greek Archaeology and History, in: E.W.
Sauer (ed.), Archaeology and Ancient History: Breaking Down the Boundaries,
London: Routledge, 76-84. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY A 8 SAU; SENATE
HOUSE ARCHAEOLOGY South Block 7th Floor (63) LA3 Arc; digitised
reading available.
Jackson, A.H. 2000. Argos’ Victory over Corinth, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und
Epigraphik 132, 295-316. MAIN PAPYROLOGY Pers Z; digitised reading
available.
Jeffery, L.H. 1989. The Local Scripts of Archaic Greece, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY QUARTOS W20 JEF; SENATE HOUSE
CLASSICS South Block 6th Floor (3) XEH Jed.
Ridgway, D. 1996. Greek Letters at Osteria dell’Osa, Opuscula Romana 20, 87-97.
INST ARCH TEACHING COLLECTION 3767.
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*Snodgrass, A. 2000. The Uses of Writing on Early Greek Painted Pottery, in: N.K.
Rutter and B.A. Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece, Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press, 22-34. INST ARCH YATES A 70 RUT; SENATE
HOUSE ART South Block 4th Floor Mx South Gallery V3AG Wor; digitised
reading available.
Woodhead, A.G. 1992. The Study of Greek Inscriptions, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY W 5 WOO; SENATE HOUSE
HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) (note this is an older edition).
WEEK 5. TAKING WRITING TO THE WEST. SCRIPT DIVERSITY AND THE
SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF WRITING IN PRE-ROMAN ITALY
Rachael Sparks, 6th November 2015.
This lecture considers the emergence and development of writing across Iron Age
Italy by looking at the various material objects which were inscribed and the
archaeological contexts and uses of inscriptions, with a particular focus on the
evidence from Etruria and Central Italy.
SEMINAR TOPICS:
5.1. Is there a relationship between urbanization, state formation and literacy in Iron
Age Italy?
Lomas, K. 2007. Writing boundaries: Literacy and Identity in the Ancient
Veneto, 600-300 BC, in: K. Lomas, R.D. Whitehouse and J. Wilkins (eds)
Literacy and the State in the Ancient Mediterranean, London: Accordia
Research Institute, 149-169. INST ARCH DAG 100 Qto LOM.
Whitehouse, R.D. 2007. Writing, Identity and the State. A Comparative Case
Study from Italy in the 1st millennium BC, in: K. Lomas, R.D. Whitehouse and
J. Wilkins (eds), Literacy and the State in the Ancient Mediterranean, London:
Accordia Research Institute, 95-106. INST ARCH DAG 100 Qto LOM;
digitised reading available.
5.2. What role did women have in Iron Age Italy vis-à-vis literacy?
Hodos, T. 1998. The Asp’s Poison: Women and Literacy in Iron Age Italy, in:
R.D. Whitehouse (ed.) Gender and Italian Archaeology: Challenging the
Stereotypes, London: Accordia Research Institute, 197-208. INST ARCH DAF
Qto WHI; digitised reading available.
Rallo, A. 2000. The Woman’s Role, in: M. Torelli (ed.), The Etruscans, Milan:
Bompiani, 131-139. INST ARCH YATES QUARTOS A 35 TOR.
FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION:
5.3. Was literacy socially exclusive? How easily can we tell from the archaeological
evidence of Archaic Central Italy?
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*Cornell, T.J. 1991. The Tyranny of the Evidence: a Discussion of the Possible
Uses of Literacy in Etruria and Latium in the Archaic Age, in: M.N. Beard et al.
(eds), Literacy in the Roman World, Journal of Roman Archaeology
Supplementary series 3, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 7-34. MAIN
ANCIENT HISTORY R 72 BEA; digitised reading available.
*Stoddard, S. and J. Whitley. 1988. The Social Context of Literacy in Archaic
Greece and Etruria, Antiquity 62 no. 237, 761-772. INST ARCH PERS A;
digitised reading available.
READING:
Ampolo, C. et al. 2009. Mnamon: Ancient Writing Systems in the Mediterranean: A
Critical Guide to Electronic Resources.
http://lila.sns.it/mnamon/index.php?page=Home&lang=en (accessed on
6/10/2015).
Becker, H. 2009. The Economic Agency of the Etruscan Temple, in: M. Gleba and H.
Becker (eds), Votives, Places and Rituals in Etruscan Religion, Leiden: Brill,
87-99. INST ARCH DAF 100 GLE.
*Bonfante, L. 1990. Etruscan, London: British Museum Publications. GE 102 BON,
MAIN: COMP. PHIL. B 32 BON. Also available as a chapter in: J.T. Hooker
(ed.) Reading the Past. Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet New
York: Barnes and Noble, 321-378. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK HOO 2; GC
HOO; SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North Block Ground Floor Small
Hall CC25.1 [Hooker]; SOAS A411.09 /607197.
Bonfante, G. and L. 2002. The Etruscan Language, Manchester: Manchester
University Press. MAIN COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY B32 BON; SENATE
HOUSE LANGUAGE/LITERATURE South Block 6th Floor (3) WUT Bon.
Briquel, D. 2002. The Script of Ancient Italy, in: A.-M. Christin (ed.), A History of
Writing: From Hieroglyph to Multimedia, Paris: Flammarion, 244-253. INST
ARCH GC CHR; SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North Block Ground
Floor Small Hall fol. CC25.2 [Christin].
Johnston, A. 1983. The Extent and Use of Literacy: the Archaeological Evidence, in:
R. Hagg (ed.), The Greek Renaissance of the Eighth Century B.C.: Tradition
and Innovation, Svenska Institutet i Athen, Stockholm, 63-8. INST ARCH
YATES QUARTOS A 22 HAG; digitised reading available.
Robinson, A. 2007. Undeciphered Scripts, in: The Story of Writing, London: Thames
and Hudson, 144-155. (2007 and 1995 editions). INST ARCH GC ROB; (1995
edition) SOAS Main Library A411.09 /726863; digitised reading available.
Smith, C.J. 1996. Inscriptions in Latium, in: C.J. Smith, Early Rome and Latium.
Economy and Society c. 1000-500 BC, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 233-238. INST
ARCH DAF 10 SMI; MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY R 11 SMI; SENATE
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HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) LUB Smi; digitised
reading available.
Wallace, R. 1989. The Origins and Development of the Latin Alphabet, in: W.M.
Senner (ed.), The Origins of Writing, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and
London, 121-135. INST ARCH CG SEN and IOA ISSUE DESK SEN; MAIN
LINGUISTICS B 9 SEN; SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North Block
Ground Floor Small Hall CC25.1; SOAS A411.09 /657348; digitised reading
available.
Wallace, R.E. 2008. Muluvanice Inscriptions at Poggio Civitate (Murlo), American
Journal of Archaeology 112.3, 449- 458. INST ARCH PERS A; digitised
reading available.
Whitehouse, R. and J. Wilkins. 2006. Veneti & Etruscans: Issues of Language,
Literacy and Learning, in: E. Herring, I. Lemos, F. Lo Schiavo, L. Vagnetti, R.
Whitehouse & J. Wilkins (eds), Across Frontiers. Papers in honour of David
Ridgway and Francesca R. Serra Ridgway, London: Accordia Research
Institute, 531-548. INST ARCH DAG 100 Qto HER.
READING WEEK – No scheduled classes
WEEK 6. WRITING AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Rachael Sparks, 20th November 2015.
This lecture will examine the role of the scribe within Egyptian society. Who had
access to writing, and how was it used? And how should our source material,
including representations of scribes and equipment, be 'read' by modern audiences?
SEMINAR TOPICS:
6.1. What do we know about how Egyptian scribes were trained? How does this
compare with what we know of scribal training elsewhere in the Near East?
Wente, E. 2000. The Scribes of Ancient Egypt, in: J.M. Sasson (ed.),
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Volumes III-IV, New York: Scribner,
2211-2221. INST ARCH DBA 100 SAS; MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY
QUARTOS B5 SAS and MAIN ISSUE DESK ANCIENT HISTORY
QUARTOS B5 SAS; SOAS L Ref QB930 /725824.
Tinney, S. 1998. Texts, Tablets and Teaching. Scribal Education in Nippur and
Ur, Expedition 40.2, 40-50. INST ARCH PERS E; digitised reading available.
FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION
6.2. Discuss the debate on literacy levels in ancient Egypt. How can we identify
literacy through the archaeological record?
*Baines, J. R. & C. J. Eyre, 1983. Four Notes on Literacy, Göttinger Miszellen
61, 65-96. PERS G; republished (with new commentary) in: Baines, J. 2007.
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Visual and Written Culture in Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
63-94 and 172-178. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY B 20 BAI; IOA ISSUE
DESK BAI; digitised reading available.
Janssen, J.J. 1992. Literacy and Letters at Deir el-Medina, in: R. J. Demarée and
A. Egberts (eds), Village voices: Proceedings of the Symposium "Texts from
Deir el-Medîna and their Interpretation”, Leiden: Centre of Non-Western
Studies, Leiden University, 81-94. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY V 50 DEM;
SOAS Level F Mobiles QSA893.1 /725247.
6.3. What can the text The Tale of Wenamun tell us about language and literacy in the
Egyptian world? Consider particularly how writing and documentation of past events
are mentioned within the text.
Baines, J. 1999. "On Wenamun as a Literary Text", in: J. Assman and E.
Blumenthal (eds), Literatur und Politik im pharaonischen und ptolemäischen
Ägypten, Le Caire: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 209-233. INST
ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK ASS; TC 2575; digitised reading available.
*Lichtheim, M. 1976. The Report of Wenamun, in: Ancient Egyptian
Literature: a Book of Readings, Volume II: The New Kingdom, Berkeley:
University of California Press, 224-230. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY V20
LIC; SOAS Level F Mobiles QSA893.108/906671, 906672, 906673. For
another translation, see *Wente, E.F. 2003. The Report of Wenamun, in: The
Literature of Ancient Egypt, New Haven: Yale University Press, 116-124. INST
ARCH EGYPTOLOGY V 20 SIM. An older translation by Breasted is also
available online, with some commentary and notes where readings vary from
Lichtheim's version: http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/wenamen.htm
(accessed on 6/10/2015).
READING:
Baines, J. R. 1988. Literacy, Social Organization, and the Archaeological Record: the
Case of Early Egypt, in: J. Gledhill, B. Bender and M.T. Larsen (eds), State and
Society: the Emergence and Development of Social Hierarchy and Political
Centralization. London: Unwin Hyman; Reissued 1995, London: Routledge,
187-208. INST ARCH BD STA; IOA ISSUE DESK STA 2; digitised reading
available.
Baines, J. R. 1983. Literacy and Ancient Egyptian Society, Man, New Series 18 no.
iii, 572–599; digitised reading available.
Haring. B.J.J. 2006. Scribes and Scribal Activity at Deir el-Medina, in: A. Dorn & T.
Hofmann (eds), Living and Writing in Deir el-Medine. Socio-historical
Embodiment of Deir el-Medine Texts, Basel: Schwabe, 107-112. INST ARCH
EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS A 6 DOR.
Hayes, W.C. 1951. Inscriptions from the Palace of Amenhotep III, Journal of Near
Eastern Studies 10.2, 82-112. PERS J; digitised reading available.
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Lion, B. and E. Robson. 2005. Quelques textes scolaires paléobabyloniens rédigés par
des femmes, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 57, 37-54. INST ARCH PERS J;
digitised reading available.
Martin, C.J. 2007. The Saite 'Demoticisation' of Southern Egypt, in: Lomas, K., R.D
Whitehouse and J.B. Wilkins (eds), 2007. Literacy and the State in the Ancient
Mediterranean, London: Accordia Research Institute, 149-169. INST ARCH
DAG 100 Qto LOM.
Pestman, P.W. 1982. Who were the Owners in the 'Community of Workmen' of the
Chester Beatty Papyri?, in: R.J Demarée and J.J. Janssen (eds), Gleanings from
Deir el-Medina, Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten te Leiden,
155-172. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY B12 DEM.
*Shubert, S.B. 2001. Does She or Doesn’t She? Female Literacy in Ancient Egypt, in:
Proceedings of the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Graduate Students'
Annual Symposia 1998-2000, Toronto: Benben Publications, 55-76. INST
ARCH DBA 100 NEA; digitised reading available.
WEEK 7. THE HEBREW BIBLE AND THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF IRON AGE
ISRAEL. Rachael Sparks, 27th November 2015.
For centuries, the Old Testament was the only source material for the history of the
peoples of Iron Age Israel and Judah. However the discovery of a wider range of
textual sources from neighbouring cultures and extensive archaeological exploration
has led to the development of alternative, often contradictory, histories for the region.
FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION
This week there will be an object handling session in place of the usual student
presentations. This will include a consideration of a cast of the Mesha stela; please
consider the following question in advance of the session:
7.1 Consider the Mesha Stela and its significance to our understanding of
contemporary history. How does its version of events compare with the biblical
account?
In preparation, read translations of the Mesha Stela (aka The Moabite Stone) and the
related Old Testament passage from 2 Kings listed below.
* Read a translation of the text of the Mesha Stele and some commentary on its
background from one of the following:
Routledge, B. 2004. Mesha and the Naming of Names, in: Moab in the
Iron Age. Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology, Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press, 133-153. INST ARCH DBE 100 ROU; digitised
reading available.
Schmidt, B.B. 2006. The Moabite Stone, in: M.W. Chavalas (ed.). 2006.
The Ancient Near East: Historical Sources in Translation, Blackwell
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Sourcebooks in Ancient History. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, MA, 311316. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY B 4 CHA; SENATE HOUSE
HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) LJ7 Anc; SOAS QC930
/964774 and /995338.
*The Bible: 2 Kings 3: 4-27. http://www.biblegateway.com (try reading the
passage using different translations, for an idea of how much variation there is
between versions).
READING:
Arie, E., Goren, Y. and I. Samet. 2011. “Indelible Impression: Petrographic Analysis
of Judahite Bullae”, in: I. Finkelstein & N. Na’aman (eds), The Fire Signals of
Lachish. Studies in the Archaeology and History of Israel in the Late Bronze
Age, Iron Age, and Persian Period in Honor of David Ussishkin, Eisenbrauns:
Winona Lake, 1-16. INST ARCH DBE 100 FIN; SOAS Main library
FW/738808.
Blakely, J.A. & Horton, F.L. 2001. On Site Identifications Old and New: The
Example of Tell el-Hesi, Near Eastern Archaeology 64.1-2, 24-36. INST
ARCH PERS N; digitised reading available.
Cobbing, F. 2009. John Garstang’s Excavations at Jericho: A Cautionary Tale,
Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society 27, 63-77. SENATE
HOUSE (available electronically with a University of London library card).
Dalley, S. 2004. Recent evidence from Assyrian sources for Judean history from
Uzziah to Manasseh, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 28, 387-401;
digitised reading available.
*Dever, W. 2001. Chapter 4, Getting at the 'History Behind the History', in: What Did
the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?: What Archaeology
Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel. Cambridge: William B.
Eerdmans Publishing Company, 97-157. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK
DEV and DBE 100 DEV; digitised reading available.
Faust, A. and S. Bunimovitz. 2003. The Four Room House: Embodying Iron Age
Israelite Society, Near Eastern Archaeology 66.1-2, 22-31. INST ARCH
PERS N; digitised reading available.
Finkelstein, I. 1988. Chapter 1: Introduction and History of Research, and Part IV:
The Process of Israelite Settlement, in: The Archaeology of the Israelite
Settlement. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE
DESK FIN 2 and DBE 100 FIN; SOAS FW /558608.
*Finkelstein, I. and Silberman, N. 2000. The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New
Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origins of its Sacred Texts. New York: The
Free Press. (chapters 3 to 5). INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK FIN and DBE
100 FIN.
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Hoffmeier, J.K. and Millard, A. (ed.), 2004. The Future of Biblical Archaeology:
Reassessing Methodologies and Assumptions, Cambridge: W.B. Eerdmans.
INST ARCH DBE 100 HOF; SOAS FW /963533.
Kletter, R. 1991. The Inscribed Weights of the Kingdom of Judah, Tel Aviv 18.2, 121163. INST ARCH PERS T; digitised reading available.
Lipschits, O., Sergi, O. and I. Koch. 2010. Royal Judahite Jar Handles: Reconsidering
the Chronology of the lmlk Stamp Impressions, Tel Aviv 37.1, 3-32. INST
ARCH PERS T; digitised reading available.
Liverani, M., van der Mieroop, M. & Bahroni, Z. 2004. Myth and Politics in Ancient
Near Eastern Historiography. London: Equinox. INST ARCH DBA 200 LIV;
MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY A 8 LIV; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL)
South Block 7th Floor (63) LJ2 Liv; SOAS QB907.2 /925804 and QB907.2
/933980.
Mazar, A 1990. Chapter 8: The Days of the Judges, Archaeology of the Land of the
Bible, 295-363. New York: Doubleday. INST ARCH DBE 100 MAZ; IOA
ISSUE DESK MAZ; digitised reading available.
Moorey, P.R.S. 1991. A Century of Biblical Archaeology. Cambridge: Lutterworth
Press, especially chapters 2-3. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK MOO 14.
Parker, S.B. 2000. Did the Authors of the Books of Kings Make Use of Royal
Inscriptions?, Vetus Testamentum 50.3, 357-378. INST ARCH PERS V;
digitised reading available.
Pritchard, J. 1969. Hymn of Victory of Mer-Ne-Ptah (The "Israel Stele", in: Ancient
Near Eastern Texts. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 320, 376-8. INST
ARCH REFERENCE DBA 600 QTO PRI, DBA 600 PRI and EGYPTOLOGY
QUARTOS R 80 PRI; MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY QUARTOS B 4 PRI and
HEBREW QUARTOS A 50 PRI; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South
Block 7th Floor (63) LJ7 Pri; SOAS Main Library L QC890 /330793 and L Ref
QC890 /330789. For a more recent translation, see Simpson, W.K. 2003. The
Literature of Ancient Egypt, New Haven: Yale University Press, 356-360.
(Make sure you use the third edition); INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY V 20 SIM.
Sparks, K.L. 2005. Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the
Background Literature, Peabody Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers. MAIN
HEBREW QM 7 SPA; SOAS Ref QC890 /951633 and QC890 /951578.
Van Seters, J. 1997. In Search of History: Historiography in the Ancient World and
the Origins of Biblical History (especially Chapter 7). Winona Lake:
Eisenbrauns. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY A 8 VAN; SENATE
HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) L43 Van; SOAS
QB907.2 /482462.
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Wengrow, D. 1996. Egyptian Taskmasters and Heavy Burdens: Highland Exploitation
and the Collared-rim Pithos of the Bronze/Iron Age Levant, Oxford Journal of
Archaeology 15.3, 307-326. INST ARCH PERS O; digitised reading available.
WEEK 8. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEXTS AND IMAGERY IN THE
NEO-ASSYRIAN EMPIRE. Rachael Sparks, 4th December 2015.
This lecture will examine the visual setting of Near Eastern texts, and the way in
which imagery can be used to enhance or reinforce written content. How much
influence did the intended audience have on the way textual and visual information is
presented?
SEMINAR TOPICS:
8.1. Discuss the way images can be used to enhance the impact of Neo-Assyrian wall
reliefs. What role does associated text play in the process?
*Reade, J.1979. Ideology and Propaganda in Assyrian Art, in M.T. Larsen (ed.)
Power and Propaganda. A Symposium on Ancient Empires, Mesopotamia
Copenhagen Studies in Assyriology 7, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag, 329343. INST ARCH DBA 200 LAR and IOA ISSUE DESK LAR 3; SCIENCE
ANTHROPOLOGY PM 5 LAR; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South
Block 7th Floor (63) LI7 Pow; SOAS QB930 /416841.
*Winter, I.J. 1997. Art in Empire: the Royal Image and the Visual Dimensions
of Assyrian Ideology, in: S. Parpola and R.M. Whiting (eds) Assyria 1995.
Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 359-381. INST ARCH IOA
ISSUE DESK PAR 2 and DBB 200 PAR; SOAS L QDB935.03 /748491.
FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION
8.2. How can you determine who the original audience of a text was supposed to be?
* Payne, A. 2006. Multilingual Inscriptions and their Audiences: Cilicia and
Lycia, in: S.L. Sanders (ed.), Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures, Chicago:
University of Chicago, 121-136. INST ARCH DBA 200 SAN, TEACHING
COLLECTION 3756; SOAS QC411.09 /995244.
*Porter, B.N. 2001. The Importance of Place: Esarhaddon’s Stelae at Til Barsip
and Sam’al, in: T. Abusch, P.-A. Beaulieu, J. Huehnergard, P. Machinist and P.
Steinkeller (eds), Historiography in the Cuneiform World. Proceedings of the
XLVe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale I, Bethesda: CDL Press, 373390. INST ARCH DBA 200 ABU, TEACHING COLLECTION 3756; SOAS
QD935.0072 /813728.
READING:
Cogan, M. 2008. The Raging Torrent. Historical Inscriptions from Assyria and
Babylonia Relating to Ancient Israel. Jerusalem: Carta. MAIN ANCIENT
HISTORY D 4 COG; SOAS QED956.9401 /725603.
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Gerardi, P. 1988. Epigraphs and Assyrian Palace Reliefs: The Development of the
Epigraphic Text, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 40.1, 1-35. INST ARCH PERS
J; digitised reading available.
Harrison, T.P. 2014. “Articulating Neo-Assyrian Imperialism at Tell Tayinat”, in:
M.T. Rutz and M. Kersel (eds), Archaeologies of Text: Archaeology,
Technology, and Ethics, Oxbow: Oxford, 80-96. INST ARCH AH RUT.
Jacoby, R. 1991. The Representation and Identification of Cities on Assyrian Reliefs.
Israel Exploration Journal 41.1-3, 112-131. INST ARCH PERS I; digitised
reading available.
Kitchen, K.A. 2005. Now You See It, Now You Don’t! The Monumental Use and
Non-Use of Writing in the Ancient Near East, in: P. Bienkowski, C. Mee and
E. Slater (eds), Writing and Ancient Near Eastern Society: Papers in Honour
of Alan R. Millard, London: T & T Clark, 175-187. MAIN ANCIENT
HISTORY B 72 BIE; SOAS Main Library QC411.09 /937203; digitised
reading available.
Laato, A. 1995. Assyrian Propaganda and the Falsification of History in the Royal
Inscriptions of Sennacherib, Vetus Testamentum 45.2, 198-226. MAIN
HEBREW PERS; digitised reading available.
Liverani, M. 1979. The Ideology of the Assyrian Empire, in: M.T. Larsen (ed.) Power
and Propaganda. A Symposium on Ancient Empires, Mesopotamia
Copenhagen Studies in Assyriology 7, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag, 297317. INST ARCH DBA 200 LAR and IOA ISSUE DESK LAR 3; SCIENCE
ANTHROPOLOGY PM 5 LAR; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South
Block 7th Floor (63) LI7 Pow; SOAS QB930 /416841.
Michalowski, P. 1990. Early Mesopotamian Communicative Systems: Art, Literature,
and Writing, in A. C. Gunter (ed.) Investigating Artistic Environments in the
Ancient Near East, Washington: Smithsonian Institution: 53-69. INST ARCH
DBA 300 GUN, TEACHING COLLECTION 3757; MAIN ANCIENT
HISTORY B52 GUN; SOAS FR/632117.
Radner, K. 2015. Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford
University Press. INST ARCH DBB 100 RAD; MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY
D 15 RAD; SOAS Level B Stack 4 QDB935.03 / 745114.
Reade, J.E. 1975. Assurnasirpal I and the White Obelisk, Iraq 37.2, 129-150. INST
ARCH PERS I; digitised reading available.
Ross, J.C. 2005. Representations, Reality, and Ideology, in: S. Pollock & R. Bernbeck
(eds), Archaeologies of the Middle East: Critical Perspectives, Oxford:
Blackwell, 308-326. INST ARCH DBA 100 POL, IOA ISSUE DESK POL 4;
SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) LJ4 Arc;
SOAS FR /949353; digitised reading available.
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Russell, J.M. 1999. The Writing on the Wall. Studies in the Architectural Context of
Late Assyrian Palace Inscriptions. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. MAIN
ANCIENT HISTORY D 4 RUS; SOAS QEJ935.03 /805087.
Tadmor, H. 1997. Propaganda, Literature, Historiography: Cracking the Code of the
Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, in: S. Parpola & R.M. Whiting (eds), Assyria
1995: Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Neo-Assyrian
Text Corpus Project, Helsinki, September 7-11, 1995, Helskinki: NeoAssyrian Text Corpus Project, 77-103. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK PAR
2 and DBB 200 PAR; SOAS L QDB935.03 /748491.
Winter, I.J. 2010. Royal Rhetoric and the Development of Historical Narrative in
Neo-Assyrian Reliefs, in: I.J. Winter (ed.), On the Art in the Ancient Near
East. Volume 1: of the First Millennium BC, Leiden: Brill, 3-69. INST ARCH
DBA 100 WIN; SOAS MAIN FR /739730 (REFERENCE).
WEEK 9. TEXT AND ARCHITECTURE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Guest lecturer Richard Bussmann, 11th December 2015.
Built environment is key evidence for the study of past societies. However, it is often
difficult to escape the bias towards Western ideas when we interpret architecture.
Ancient Egypt provides a wealth of texts that give insight into the indigenous
understanding of buildings and space. We will examine how the integration of texts,
art, and the material record helps understand the meaning of buildings and spaces in
the Egyptian mindset.
SEMINAR TOPICS:
9.1. Explain how Egyptian hieroglyphs and formal art work together visually and
spatially.
Collier, M. and W. Manley, 2003 [1998]. Chapter 1: Hieroglyphs, in: How to
Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs, London: British Museum Press, 1-14. INST ARCH
EGYPTOLOGY V5 COL; SENATE HOUSE LANGUAGE/LITERATURE
South Block 6th Floor (3) WVF Col; digitised reading available.
Robins, G. 1997. Principles of Egyptian Art, in: The Art of Ancient Egypt.
London: British Museum Press, 19-24 (for the principles of formal art and its
relation to the hieroglyphic script). INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS
M5 ROB; SENATE HOUSE ART South Block 4th Floor Mx South Gallery
V3AE Rob; SOAS FRE.L /752932 and FRE.L /752933; digitised reading
available.
FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION
9.2. The Rosetta Stone is an iconic text, now on display in the British Museum.
Consider what the original function of this text was, and how its meaning and
relevance has changed over time.
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Andrews, C. 1981. The Rosetta Stone, London: British Museum Publications.
INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY T30 ROS.
Parkinson, R. 2005. The Rosetta Stone, London: British Museum Press,
especially 7-17 and 57-60. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY T 30 ROS, IOA
ISSUE DESK PAR 4.
The Rosetta Stone is on display in the British Museum in rooms 4 and 1 (the
original and a replica). You might want to look at the object in person, and also
consider how it is presented by the British Museum. See also the British
Museum website: http://www.britishmuseum.org/ ; you can also do a web search
to see how the stone is portrayed and discussed on the internet in general.
9.3. We will use the last part of the session to discuss your course essays. Please
prepare for this by reviewing the available topics on p.8 of this handbook and
considering any questions you may wish to raise about this material.
READING:
*Assmann, J. 2001 [1984]. Temple as Cosmos, in: The Search for God in Ancient
Egypt. Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, 35-40. INST ARCH
EGYPTOLOGY R5 ASS, TEACHING COLLECTION 3758; SENATE
HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) LMF Ass.
Bryan, B.M. 1992. Designing the Cosmos: Temples and Temple Decoration, in: A.P.
Kozloff, B.M. Bryan and L. Cleveland (eds), Egypt’s Dazzling sun: Amenhotep
III and his World, Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 73-115. INST ARCH
EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS C 81 CLE.
Cruze-Uribe, E. 2008. "Graffiti (Figural)", in: W. Wendrich (ed.), UCLA
Encyclopedia of Egyptology. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7v92z43m
(accessed on 02/10/2014).
Davies, W. V. 1987. Egyptian Hieroglyphs, London: British Museum Publications.
EGYPTOLOGY V 8 DAV; GE 16 DAV; SENATE
HOUSE LANGUAGE/LITERATURE South Block 6th Floor (3) WVF Dav;
SOAS FRE/752791; also available as a chapter in: J.T. Hooker (ed.), 1990.
Reading the Past. Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet New York:
Barnes and Noble. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK HOO 2; GC HOO;
SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North Block Ground Floor Small Hall
CC25.1 [Hooker]; SOAS A411.09 /607197.
Frandsen, P.J. 1997. On Categorization and Metaphorical Structuring: Some Remarks
on Egyptian Art and Language, Cambridge Archaeological Journal 7/1, 71-104.
INST ARCH PERS C; digitised reading available.
*Frood, E. 2013. “Egyptian Temple Graffiti and the Gods: Appropriation and
Ritualization in Karnak and Luxor”, in: D. Ragavan (ed.), Heaven on Earth:
Temples, Ritual, and Cosmic Symbolism in the Ancient World, Chicago:
Oriental Institute Publications, 285-318. Digitised reading available.
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Gallet, L. 2013. "Karnak: The Temple of Amun-Ra-Who Hears-Prayers", in: W.
Wendrich (ed.), UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology.
http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3h92j4bj (accessed on 2/10/2014).
Grallert, S. 2007. Pharaonic Building Inscriptions and Temple Decoration, in: P.F.
Dorman and B.M. Bryan (eds), Sacred Space and Sacred Function in Ancient
Thebes, Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 35-49. INST
ARCH EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS R 5 DOR; digitised reading available.
Jacquet-Gordon, H. 2003. “Introduction”, in: The Graffiti on the Khonsu Temple Roof
at Karnak: A Manifestation of Personal Piety, Chicago: The Oriental Institute,
1-8. The whole volume is available for download from:
http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/oip/oip123.html.
Kemp, B. J. 2006. Ancient Egypt; Anatomy of a Civilization. 2nd Edition, London and
New York: Routledge, 111-160 on architecture. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE
DESK KEM, and EGYPTOLOGY B5 KEM; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY
(SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) LME Kem; SOAS FRE/716757 and FRE
/588667.
Larkin, D.W. 2008. Making Egyptian Temple Decoration Fit the Available Space, in:
S.E. Thompson and P. Der Manuelian (eds), Egypt and Beyond. Essays
Presented to Leonard H. Lesko upon his Retirement from the Wilbour Chair of
Egyptology at Brown University June 2005, Providence, R.I.: Brown
University, 209-225. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS A 6 LES.
Mironova, A. 2010. The Relationship Between Space and Scenery of an Egyptian
Temple: Scenes of the Opet Festival and the Festival of Hathor at Karnak and
Deir el-Bahari under Hatshepsut and Tuthmose III, MOSAIKjournal 1, 127-158.
Digitised reading available.
Spence, K. 2007. Architecture. In T. Wilkinson (ed.), The Egyptian World, 366-387.
London: Routledge. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY A5 WIL and IOA ISSUE
DESK WIL 10.
*Stadler, M. 2008. "Processions", in: W. Wendrich (ed.), UCLA Encyclopedia of
Egyptology. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/679146w5 (accessed on 2/10/2014).
MUSEUM RESOURCES
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology includes temple reliefs with
hieroglyphic inscriptions oriented to the figures of king and god and the Coptos reliefs
in the Main Gallery beside the back stairs:
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/koptos/reliefs/middlewall.html
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/koptos/uc14786.html
These demonstrate the inter-relation of script and image in formal temple art. The
same rules for orienting hieroglyphs to the figures of deity and worshipper may be
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seen on the smaller votive and offering-chapel blocks (stelae) in Inscription Cases 110 in the same gallery.
WEEK 10. USING TEXTS AS A CHRONOLOGICAL TOOL
Rachael Sparks, 18th December 2015.
This session we will consider how ancient societies recorded the passage of time,
including the use of genealogies and regnal dates to construct dating systems. How
are royal-name inscriptions and objects such as coins used to date archaeological
deposits, and what methodological problems are inherent in this approach?
FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION
There will be no seminar presentations this week. Instead we will use the time to
discuss the outcome of the seminar ‘tips and tricks’ wiki, and develop ideas about
presentation skills and techniques. During the second half of the session the class will
participate in an exercise designed to explore the concept of ‘texts as objects’. As
preparation for this, please consider the following question:
10.1. What are the different ways in which ancient texts might be dated?
READING:
Burnett, A. 1991. Chapter 2: Dating and Attributing Coins, Interpreting the Past:
Coins, London: British Museum Press, 12-28. INST ARCH KM BUR; digitised
reading available.
Collins, J. 1988. Data for Dating, in: J. Casey & R. Reece (eds), Coins and the
Archaeologist, London (2nd edition), 189-199. INST ARCH KM CAS and
ISSUE DESK IOA CAS 1; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY 6th Floor (63) LBD
Coi.
Drinkard Jr, J.F. 1988. Epigraphy as a Dating Method, in: J.F. Drinkard Jr, G.L.
Mattingly, J. Miller and J. Maxwell (eds), Benchmarks in Time and Culture. An
Introduction to Palestinian Archaeology Dedicated to Joseph A. Callaway,
Atlanta: Scholars Press, 417-439. INST ARCH DBE 100 CAL.
*Lockyear, K. 2012. Dating Coins, Dating with Coins, Oxford Journal of
Archaeology, 191-211. INST ARCH PERS O; digitised reading available.
*Malek, J. 1982. The original version of the Royal Canon of Turin, Journal of
Egyptian Archaeology 68, 93-106. INST ARCH PERS J; SENATE HOUSE
STACK SERVICE PR C5o.1 Egypt; digitised reading available.
Robertson, A.S. 1988. Romano-British Coin Hoards: Their Numismatic,
Archaeological and Historical Significance, in: J. Casey & R. Reece (eds), Coins
and the Archaeologist. London: Seaby, 13-38. INST ARCH KM CAS and IOA
ISSUE DESK CAS 1; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th
Floor (63) LBD Coi; digitised reading available.
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Rotroff, S. 1997. Coins and Stratigraphy, in K.A. Sheedy & Ch. PapageorgaiadouBanis (eds), Numismatic Archaeology, Archaeological Numismatics, Oxford:
Oxbow, 8-16. INST ARCH KM SHE.
Schniedewind, W.M. 2005. Problems in the Paleographic Dating of Inscriptions, in:
T.E. Levy & T. Higham (eds), The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating:
Archaeology, Text and Science, London: Equinox, 405-412. INST ARCH DBE
100 LEV; SOAS FW /963530.
Sherratt, S. 2005. High Precision Dating and Archaeological Chronologies. Revisiting
an Old Problem, in: T.E. Levy & T. Higham (eds), The Bible and Radiocarbon
Dating: Archaeology, Text and Science, London: Equinox, 114-125. INST
ARCH DBE 100 LEV; SOAS FW /963530; digitised reading available.
*Spalinger, A. J. 2001. Chronology and Periodization, in: D. B. Redford (ed.), The
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt Volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 264-268. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY A 2 OXF; digitised reading
available.
van der Plicht, J. & Bruins, H. 2001. Radiocarbon Dating in Near-Eastern Contexts:
Confusion and Quality Control, Radiocarbon 43.3, 1155-1166. INST ARCH
PERS R; digitised reading available.
WEEK 11. REVISION SESSION.
Rachael Sparks, Wednesday 27th April 2016 (time and date to be confirmed).
This seminar will be held in room 209, and will last for one hour. It will summarise
some of the issues raised throughout the course, look at the concepts of archaeology
as a form of history and the cultural significance of texts, and help prepare you for
the coming exams.
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7. COURSE READING LIST
This list comprises books and articles additional to those already listed under
individual session headings above. The reading material has been classified according
to the following subject areas:
I. Introductory reading
II. Cultural and archaeological background
III. Texts as writing systems
IV. Texts as social, cultural and political tools
V. The visual, physical and temporal setting of texts
VI. The materiality of texts (‘text as object’)
VII. Ethical concerns
VIII. Source material: texts in translation
IX. Online object databases
I. Introductory Reading
Adkins, L. & R. 2001. The Keys of Egypt. The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs.
London: Harper Collins. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY A 8 ADK
Andren, A. 1988. Between Artifacts and Texts: Historical Archaeology in Global
Perspective, translated by Alan Crozier. New York: Plenum Press. INST ARCH IOA
ISSUE DESK AND 6; AH AND.
Bickerman, E. 1980. Chronology of the Ancient World. London: Thames & Hudson
(Revised edition). INST ARCH JA BIC; MAIN ANCENT HISTORY A 10 BIC, and
LAW R 2 BIC; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY 7th Floor (63) LFC Bic.
Bodel, J. P. 2001. Epigraphy and the Ancient Historian, in: J.P. Bodel (ed.),
Epigraphic Evidence: Ancient History from Inscriptions. London: Routledge, 1-56.
MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY W 5 BOD (1 week, standard); SENATE HOUSE
HISTORY (SHL) 5th Floor (63) LDP Epi. Also available to read online.
Lamberg-Karlovsky, C.C. 2003. To Write or Not to Write, in: T. Potts, M. Roaf & D.
Stein (eds), Culture Through Objects: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of
P.R.S. Moorey, Griffith Institute Oxford, 59-75. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK
POT 3; DBA 300 POT; SOAS FR /900282; digitised reading available.
Little, B.J. 1992. Text-Aided Archaeology, in: B.J. Little (ed.), Text-Aided
Archaeology: 1-6. London: CRC Press. INST ARCH DED 100 LIT; IOA ISSUE
DESK LIT; digitised reading available.
Millard, A. 2005. Only Fragments from the Past: The Role of Accident in our
Knowledge of the Ancient Near East, in: P. Bienkowski, C. Mee and E. Slater (eds),
Writing and Ancient Near Eastern Society: Papers in Honour of Alan R. Millard,
London: T&T Clark, 301-319. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY B72 BIE; SOAS Main
Library QC411.09 /937203.
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Palaima, T. 2003. Archaeology and Text: Decipherment, Translation, and
Interpretation, in: J. K. Papadopoulos and R. M. Leventhal (eds), Theory and Practice
in Mediterranean Archaeology: Old World and New World Perspectives. Los
Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, 45-73. INST
ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK PAP, TEACHING COLLECTION 3759.
Robinson, A. 2009. Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction. INST ARCH GC
ROB; SOAS Main Library A302.2244/732322; SENATE HOUSE palaeography 4th
floor, CC25.1 [Robinson].
Sasson. J. (ed.), 2000. Civilizations of the Ancient Near East (in 2 volumes). New
York: Scribner. Also available in an earlier 1995 edition (in 4 volumes). See esp.
Volume 4, part 9: 'Language, Writing and Literature'. Additional chapters are listed
under the reading for individual sessions. INST ARCH DBA 100 SAS; MAIN
ANCIENT HISTORY QUARTOS B5 SAS and MAIN ISSUE DESK SAS (quartos);
SOAS L Ref QB930 / 825674.
Schaps, D.M. 2010. Handbook for Classical Research, London: Routledge. MAIN
CLASSICS A1 SCH.
Zettler, R.L. 1996. Written Documents as Excavated Artifacts and the Holistic
Interpretation of the Mesopotamian Archaeological Record, in: J.S. Cooper & G.M.
Schwartz (eds), The Study of the Ancient Near East in the 21st Century. The William
Foxwell Albright Centennial Conference, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 81-102. INST
ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK COO 4; SOAS MAIN L QB930 /734557; digitised reading
available.
II. Cultural and Archaeological Background
Bonfante, G. and L. 2002. Chapter 1: Archaeological Introduction, in: The Etruscan
Language, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 3-45. MAIN COMPARATIVE
PHILOLOGY B32 BON; SENATE HOUSE LANGUAGE/LITERATURE South
Block 6th Floor (3) WUT Bon.
Holloway, R.R. 1994. The Archaeology of Early Rome and Latium, London:
Routledge. INST ARCH DAF 10 HOL; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South
Block 7th Floor (63) LSH Hol. See especially Chapter 8: Osteria dell'Osa.
Mazar, A 1990. Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 295-363. New York:
Doubleday. INST ARCH DBA 100 MAZ; IOA ISSUE DESK MAZ.
Podany, A.J. 2013. The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY B 5 POD; SOAS Main
Library QB930 /757922.
Postgate, J.N. 1994. Early Mesopotamia. Society and Economy at the Dawn of
History, London: Routledge. INST ARCH DBB 100 POS; IOA ISSUE DESK POS 2;
SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) LJA Pos; SOAS
QD935 /635635.
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Radner, K. 2015. Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford
University Press. INST ARCH DBB 100 RAD; MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY D 15
RAD; SOAS Level B Stack 4 QDB935.03 / 745114.
Shaw, I. 2004. Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University
Press. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY A 5 SHA.
Smith, C. 2014. The Etruscans: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford
University Press. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY Q 5 SMI.
Steiner, M.L. and A.E. Killebrew (eds). 2014. The Oxford Handbook of the
Archaeology of the Levant: c.8000-332 BCE. Oxford: Oxford University Press. INST
ARCH DBA 100 STE; SOAS Main Library FR /758182 LONG LOAN
Trigger, B.G., Kemp, B.J., O’Connor, D. and A.B. Lloyd, 1983. Ancient Egypt: A
Social History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. INST ARCH
EGYPTOLOGY B 5 TRI; IOA ISSUE DESK TRI 1; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY
(SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) LME/Anc; SOAS Level F Mobiles QR932.01
/900782 and /695912.
Wengrow, D. 2006. The Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformations in
North East Africa, 10,000-2650 BC. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 198207. INST ARCH IOA ISSUE DESK WEN 7; EGYPTOLOGY B 11 WEN;
SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63), LMA Wen; SOAS
FRE /975237.
III. Texts as Writing Systems
Campbell, G.L. 1997. Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets. London: Routledge. INST
ARCH GC CAM; LangSpeechSci 411 CAM; SENATE HOUSE STACK SERVICE
[DEPOS - MxS] Ref.only 411 [Campbell]; SOAS A411 /720913.
Coulmas, F. 1999. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems. Oxford:
Blackwell. INST ARCH GC COU; LangSpeechSci 411 COU (1995 edition);
SENATE HOUSE INFORMATION CENTRE South Block 4th Floor rapid reference
411 [Coulmas]; SOAS Ref A411.03 /725970 (1996 edition).
Demattè, P. 2010. The Origins of Chinese Writing: the Neolithic Evidence,
Cambridge Archaeological Journal 20.2, 211-228. INST ARCH PERS C; digitised
reading available.
Easterling, P. and C. Handley (eds), 2001. Greek Scripts; an Illustrated Introduction
(London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies). MAIN ANCIENT
HISTORY QUARTOS W20 EAS; SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY North
Block Ground Floor Small Hall CC25.2 [Easterling].
Gelb, I.J. 1963. A Study of Writing, Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2nd
edition). MAIN LINGUISTICS B9 GEL; SENATE HOUSE PALAEOGRAPHY
North Block Ground Floor Small Hall CC25.1 [Gelb]; SOAS A411 /317312.
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Glassner, J.-J. 2003. The Invention of Cuneiform: Writing in Sumer, Baltimore and
London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. INST ARCH GE 101 CLA; SOAS
Main Library QEA411 /904984.
Gnanadesikan, A.E. 2009. The Writing Revolution: From Cuneiform to the Internet,
Oxford: Blackwell. INST ARCH GC GNA; MAIN ENGLISH A 7 GNA; SENATE
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Kleinerman and J.M. Sasson (eds), Why Should Someone Who Knows Something
Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on his 70th Birthday, CDL
Press: Bethesda, Maryland, 257-272. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY QUARTOS D 6
OWE (standard); SOAS Main Library L QD935 /737405 (long-term loan).
See also the reading from Week 2: Avigad 1990, Gates 1988, Goren et al. 2005,
Lemaire 2006, Rollston and Vaughn 2006.
VIII. Source Material: Texts in Translation
Bonfante, G. and L. 2002. Part III: Study Aids. Sources, in: The Etruscan Language,
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 132-185. MAIN COMPARATIVE
PHILOLOGY B32 BON; SENATE HOUSE LANGUAGE/LITERATURE South
Block 6th Floor (3) WUT Bon.
Bryce, T. 2003. Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East: The Royal
Correspondence of the Late Bronze Age, London: Routledge. MAIN ANCIENT
HISTORY B 4 BRY; SOAS QC890 /915902.
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Chavalas, M.W. (ed.). 2006. The Ancient Near East: Historical Sources in
Translation, Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History. Blackwell Publishing:
Malden, MA. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY B 4 CHA; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY
(SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) LJ7 Anc; SOAS QC930 /964774 and /995338.
Chavalas, M.W. (ed.). 2014. Women in the Ancient Near East: A Sourcebook.
Routledge: London. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY B65 CHA.
Cogan, M. 2008. The Raging Torrent. Historical Inscriptions from Assyria and
Babylonia Relating to Ancient Israel. Jerusalem: Carta. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY
D 4 COG; SOAS QED956.9401 /725603.
Cogan, M. 2013. Bound for Exile. Israelites and Judeans Under Imperial Yoke:
Documents from Assyria and Babylonia. Carta: Jerusalem. MAIN ANCIENT
HISTORY JH 12 COH; SOAS Main Library QJ956.9401 /501955.
Frood, E. 2007. Biographical Texts from Ramessid Egypt. Society for Biblical
Literature: Atlanta. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY B 20 FRO; online version
available: http://quod.lib.umich.edu.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/cgi/t/text/textidx?c=acls;idno=heb07787 (accessed on 6/8/2014).
Hoffner, Jr., H.A. 2009. Letters from the Hittite Kingdom, Atlanta: Society for
Biblical Literature. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY EE 4 HOF; SOAS QGC939.3
/730679.
Lichtheim, M. 2006. Ancient Egyptian Literature: a Book of Readings, Volume I: The
Old and Middle Kingdoms, Volume II: The New Kingdom; Volume III: the Late
Period. Berkeley: University of California Press. INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY V 20
LIC; SOAS Level F Mobiles QSA893.108 /906668.
Payne, A. 2012. Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Society of Biblical
Literature, Atlanta. MAIN COMP. PHIL. B 4 PAY; SOAS Main Library QGF418
/742902.
Pritchard, J. 1969. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament.
Princeton: Princeton University Press (3rd edition is the most recent). INST ARCH
REFERENCE DBA 600 QTO PRI, DBA 600 PRI and EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS R
80 PRI; MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY QUARTOS B 4 PRI and HEBREW
QUARTOS A 50 PRI; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63)
LJ7 Pri; SOAS Main Library L QC890 /330793 and L Ref QC890 /330789.
Rhodes, P.J. & R. Osbourne (eds), 2003. Greek Historical Inscriptions 404-323 BC.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. MAIN ANCIENT HISTORY P 4 RHO; SENATE
HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) South Block 7th Floor (63) LDP Gre.
Simpson, W.K. 2003. The Literature of Ancient Egypt, New Haven: Yale University
Press (third edition). INST ARCH EGYPTOLOGY V 20 SIM.
Wallace, R. 2008. Zikh Rasna. A Manual of the Etruscan Language and Inscriptions,
Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press. MAIN COMP. PHIL. B 32 WAL.
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Wente, E.F. 1990. Letters from Ancient Egypt. Scholars Press: Atlanta. INST ARCH
EGYPTOLOGY V50 WEN; SENATE HOUSE HISTORY (SHL) 5th Floor (63)
LM8 Let; also digitised reading available (follow link from UCL library database).
IX. Online object databases
British Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx
Institute of Archaeology Collections - http://archcat.museums.ucl.ac.uk/
Louvre Museum - http://www.louvre.fr/en/moteur-de-recherche-oeuvres
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology - http://petriecat.museums.ucl.ac.uk/
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology http://www.penn.museum/collections/
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8. YOUR LECTURERS
RACHAEL SPARKS
(Course Co-ordinator)
Lecturer/ Keeper of the IoA Collections
Research interests: the material culture of the Bronze and Iron Age
Levant; stone vessel production, distribution and use; cultural
interaction between Egypt and the Levant; the relationship between
material culture and group identity; Flinders Petrie and the archaeology
of British Mandate Palestine.
Please ask if you have any further queries about this handbook or the
course in general. Additional information about coursework may also
be found in your First Year Handbook, and in the Coursework
Guidelines on the Institute intranet.
Room B55, Email: r.sparks@ucl.ac.uk
RICHARD BUSSMANN
Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology
Research interests: social and cultural anthropological approaches to
ancient Egypt; cultural diversity and long-term development of ancient
Egyptian society; correlation of ancient Egyptian material culture,
images, and texts. Project director: "The seals and seal impressions
from Hierakonpolis".
Room 106, Email: r.bussmann@ucl.ac.uk
APPENDIX A: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 2015-16
Please read the following information carefully.
This appendix provides a short précis of policies and procedures relating to courses. It
is not a substitute for the full documentation, with which all students should become
familiar. For full information on Institute policies and procedures, see the following
website: https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/archadmin/Home
For UCL policies and procedures, see the Academic Regulations and the UCL
Academic Manual:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/srs/academic-manual/overview
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/academic-manual/
GENERAL MATTERS
ATTENDANCE: A minimum attendance of 70% is required, except in case of illness
or other adverse circumstances which are supported by medical certificates or other
documentation. A register will be taken at each class. If you are unable to attend a
class, please notify the lecturer by email.
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DYSLEXIA: If you have dyslexia or any other disability, please discuss with your
lecturers whether there is any way in which they can help you. Students with dyslexia
should indicate it on each coursework cover sheet.
COURSEWORK
SUBMISSION PROCEDURES: You must submit a hardcopy of coursework to the
Co-ordinator's pigeon-hole via the Red Essay Box at Reception by stated deadlines.
Coursework must be stapled to a completed coversheet (available from IoA website;
the rack outside Room 411A; or the Library). You should put your Candidate
Number (a 5 digit alphanumeric code, found on Portico. Please note that this number
changes each year) and Course Code (ARCL 1011) on all coursework. It is also
essential that you put your Candidate Number at the start of the title line on
Turnitin, followed by the short title of the coursework (example: YBPR6 Funerary
practices).
LATE SUBMISSION: Your essays must be submitted by the due date of Friday
29th January 2016. Late submission is penalized in accordance with UCL
regulations, unless prior permission for late submission has been granted and an
Extension Request Form (ERF) completed. However once the agreed extension
period has been exceeded the usual penalties will apply.
Stringent new UCL-wide regulations with regard to the granting of extensions
for Undergraduate and Master’s coursework have been introduced with effect
from the 2015-16 session. Full details will be circulated to all students and will
be made available on the IoA intranet. Note that Course Coordinators are no
longer permitted to grant extensions. All requests for extensions must be
submitted on the appropriate form, together with supporting documentation,
via Judy Medrington’s office and will then be referred on for consideration.
Please be aware that the acceptable grounds for extensions are now very
limited. Copies of the Extension Request Form may be downloaded from the
Institute of Archaeology intranet at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/administration/forms).
The penalties for late submission are as follows: i) A penalty of 5 percentage marks
should be applied to coursework submitted the calendar day after the deadline
(calendar day 1); ii) A penalty of 15 percentage marks should be applied to
coursework submitted on calendar day 2 after the deadline through to calendar day 7;
iii) A mark of zero should be recorded for coursework submitted on calendar day 8
after the deadline through to the end of the second week of third term. Nevertheless,
the assessment will be considered to be complete provided the coursework contains
material than can be assessed; iv) Coursework submitted after the end of the second
week of third term will not be marked and the assessment will be incomplete.
TURNITIN: Date-stamping is via Turnitin, so in addition to submitting hard copy,
you must also submit your work to Turnitin by midnight on the deadline day. If
you have questions or problems with Turnitin, contact ioa-turnitin@ucl.ac.uk. Further
information
is
also
given
on
the
IoA
website
at:
https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/archadmin/Turnitin Your turnitin class ID is 2970084,
and your password is IoA1516.
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RETURN OF COURSEWORK AND RESUBMISSION: You should receive your
marked coursework within four calendar weeks of the submission deadline. If you do
not receive your work within this period, or a written explanation, notify the
Academic Administrator. When your marked essay is returned to you, return it to the
Course Co-ordinator within two weeks. You must retain a copy of all coursework
submitted.
CITING OF SOURCES and AVOIDING PLAGIARISM: Coursework must be
expressed in your own words, citing the exact source (author, date and page
number; website address if applicable) of any ideas, information, diagrams, etc., that
are taken from the work of others. This applies to all media (books, articles, websites,
images, figures, etc.). Any direct quotations from the work of others must be
indicated as such by being placed between quotation marks. Plagiarism is a very
serious irregularity, which can carry heavy penalties. It is your responsibility to abide
by requirements for presentation, referencing and avoidance of plagiarism. Make sure
you understand definitions of plagiarism and the procedures and penalties as detailed
in UCL regulations: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/current-students/guidelines/plagiarism
RESOURCES
MOODLE: Please ensure you are signed up to the course on Moodle. For help with
Moodle, please contact Nicola Cockerton, Room 411a (nicola.cockerton@ucl.ac.uk).
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