Archaeology - Hills Road Sixth Form College

Talks/EventsTo give you a flavour of the extensionactivities that we offer, here are some of thespeakers organised by the ArchaeologicalSociety. Prof. Colin Renfrew of CambridgeUniversity —Q&A session Jenni French (ex-HRSFC student) —theextinction of the Neanderthals Dr Helen Geake of CambridgeUniversity - the Staffordshire Hoard Dr Sally-Ann Ashton, The FitzwilliamMuseum— ethnicity and Ancient EgyptArchaeology and…?Archaeology is inter-disciplinary so it goeswith almost any other subject at A Level!Here is just a selection of the subjects thatcurrent students are doing with Archaeology:History, Chemistry, Classics, Geology,Psychology, Art, Biology, Maths and ModernLanguages. Do ask our students whatschools they came from and what subjectsthey are combining Archaeology with. Everyyear many of them go on to do further studyat university including to Oxbridge, readingeverything from Archaeology to Physics.Local ResourcesWe are very lucky in Cambridgeshire to havearchaeological resources right on the doorstepof the college!TripsArchaeology is a practical subject so we do anumber of fieldtrips in Year 12 and 13: Test pit digging with OxfordArchaeology East, our local field unit Visit to West Stow and Sutton Hoo Optional residential trip in the summerto places like Stonehenge and Avebury,Hadrian’s Wall or OrkneyThe total cost of the first two is about £100.In addition, students are asked to pay £17 pafor their course materials.We record St Vigor’s Church at FulbournStudents can visit the FitzwilliamMuseum to help them with the study ofAncient Egypt (Unit 1)We visit the HER, and the HaddonLibrary to find out how to do the researchfor the Personal Study (Unit 4)If You Have Any Quesons . . .You can: Talk to teachers and students at theOpen Evening. Email us at: cwilkins@hillsroad.ac.uk Write to us at: Mr C. Wilkins,History Department,Hills Road Sixth Form College,Cambridge, CB2 8PE