Paul Yule
Biographic Data
| ID | 684862 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Yule |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Yule |
| SIGNATURE | YULE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heidelberg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7517-5839 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An ʿAqaba/Ayla‐type amphora in the sultanate of Oman
Antique trade amphorae illuminate a little understood but important find category for Arabia, still in the twilight of publication. Most of the find data lie buried in unpublished work regarding recent excavations at ʿAqaba/Ayla. Recent research has verified mineralogically the origin of these documents and their dating. An example fortuitously found forms the basis of this find note
Petrochemical attributes of glazed architectural elements from Middle-Elamite to Achaemenid excavation sites in Iran
Glazed decoration in Iran from the Middle Elamite to the Achaemenid periods includes world art milestones. With the exception of Hasanlu IVB, for most sites, comprehensive chemical and mineralogical data are lacking, owing to the generally profound alteration of the vitreous material. To bridge the information gap, and to enable to reconstruct operation production chains in a diachronic fashion, thirty-six glazed artefacts from Qalaichi, Rabat, H…
D’Aden à Zafar
D’Aden à Zafar: Villes d’Arabie du sud préislamique. By Jérémie Schiettecatte. Orient & Méditeranée, Archéologie, vol. 6. Paris: De Boccard, 2011. Pp. 372, illus. €64 (paper
In the Desert Margins
In the Desert Margins: The Settlement Process in Ancient South and East Arabia. By Michel Mouton and Jérémie Schiettecatte. Arabia Antica, vol. 9. Pp. 334, illus. Rome: Bretschneider, 2014. €250
Gernez Guillaume, Giraud Jessica 2019. Taming the Great Desert
Only some 50 years old, the archaeology of the Sultanate of Oman continues to flower in surprising ways. Shortly before his death in 2017, the archaeological advisor to the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Maurizio Tosi, encouraged archaeologists working in the country to publish their results in a way appealing to both popular and scientific audiences. Such was to be of international format with good book production standards, full colour and w…
Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman
The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman: Research by the Bat Archaeological Project, 2007– 12. By Christopher P. Thornton; Charlotte M. Cable; and G. L. Possehl. Museum Monographs, vol. 143. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 2016. Pp. 352, illus. $69.95
Ben Saunders . Archaeological rescue excavations on packages 3 and 4 of the Bāṭinah Expressway, Sultanate of Oman (British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monograph 18). 2016. Oxford
Ben Saunders . Archaeological rescue excavations on packages 3 and 4 of the Bāṭinah Expressway, Sultanate of Oman (British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monograph 18). 2016. Oxford: Archaeopress; 978-1-78491-395-3 paperback £45. - Volume 92 Issue 361
A late pre‐Islamic bowl with Levantine‐inspired decoration from ed‐Dur ( UAE )
Around 1977 the British engineer Peter Hudson found a corroded copper alloy bowl during a walk c .100–150 m south‐east of the ed‐Dur fort in Umm al‐Qaiwain. Ed‐Dur is one of the largest and most extensively explored sites along the UAE Gulf coast. Its main occupation dates from the late first century BCE to the early second century CE ( PIR , Période préislamique récente , C). After cleaning, the bowl showed profuse engraved and repoussé decorati…
Sudarabien im Altertum
Südarabien im Altertum: Kommentierte Bibliographie der Jahre 1997 bis 2011. By Walter W. Müller. Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, vol. 6. Tübingen: Wasmuth, 2014. Pp. vii + 187. €19.80
Valorising the Samad Late Iron Age
The Late Iron Age (LIA) in Central Oman is known from the eponymous site of Samad al‐Shān as well as al‐Moyassar (formerly al‐Maysar), which teams from Bochum and Heidelberg investigated from 1977 to 1996 in twelve campaigns. The chronology of this little known period has evoked much controversy but although this contribution contains critical comments, these regard mostly smaller issues or details and there is a general unspoken agreement about …
Silver phiale said to be from al‐Juba (al‐Wusṭa Governorate) — an archaeological puzzle
In March 2014, while recording finds in the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in al‐Khuwair, artefacts unexpectedly came to light reportedly from al‐Juba in Oman's Bar al‐Ḥikmān, in al‐Wusṭa Governorate, until recently an archaeologically little‐researched part of the Sultanate. Some of the pieces could be attributed to the Samad LIA or perhaps the PIR , both from the centuries at the turning point of the ages from BCE to CE . Such finds have neve…
Michel Mouton & Jérémie Schiettecatte . In the desert margins. The settlement process in ancient South and East Arabia (Arabia Antica 9). 334 pages, 176 b&w illustrations. 2014. Rome
Michel Mouton& Jérémie Schiettecatte . In the desert margins. The settlement process in ancient South and East Arabia (Arabia Antica 9). 334 pages, 176 b&w illustrations. 2014. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider, 978-88-913-0680-7 hardback, €250. - Volume 89 Issue 343
In the Land of the Emirates
In the Land of the Emirates: The Archaeology and History of the UAE. By D. T. Potts. Abu Dhabi: Sultan Bin Zayed’s Culture and Media Centre, 2012. Pp. 219, illus
A Late Antique Christian king from Ẓafār, southern Arabia
Southern Arabia was an important trading partner for the Roman world but owing to geography and politics its archaeology has been less intensively studied than that of neighbouring regions. A succession of kingdoms rose and fell in the last centuries BC and first centuries AD, but in the late Roman period the dominant power was Ḥimyar, with its capital at Ẓafār. In 2008 a relief sculpture was discovered at the site depicting a crowned ruler accom…
Non‐destructive Chemical Analysis of Old South Arabian Coins, Fourth Century Bce to Third Century Ce
Studies on Old South Arabian (OSA) coinage are rare and state‐of‐the‐art materials analysis for them lags far behind that of ancient Greece and Rome. Understandably, numismatists responsible for preserving their collections discourage destructive analyses. We have selected coins of the aesthetically and technically developed Himyarite Royal Raydan series (early first to late second century ce ), so‐called Old and New Style Athenian Imitations, am…
The Gates of Himyarite Ẓafār
Regarding the appearance of Himyarite cityscapes, written and archaeological sources are rare. Hamdānī’s 10th century AD citation of Abū Naṣr regarding the appearance of Ẓafār’s gates has been discussed by scholars, for example Faris, al‐Shamārī and Muḥammad al‐Akwa‘. Some contradictions lie in the rendering of the names in the three Arabic manuscripts which contain the text, because the pointing is erratic. Based on new large‐scale maps and arch…
Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, vol. 9
Al‐Aqir near Bahlā’– an Early Bronze Age dam site with planoconvex ‘copper’ ingots
Some 20 years ago the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture received an important collection of planoconvex copper ingots, tools and anthropomorphic figures which came from a site at al‐Aqir near Bahlā’ in the al‐Zāhirah Wilāya. Several years elapsed before their provenance could be reconstructed and the site could be investigated. The finds had been deposited as building offerings in a prehistoric, 300 m‐long dam built to trap soil and moist…
Queen of Sheba
The Samad Period in the Sultanate of Oman
Although numerous publications on the archaeology of the Sultanate of Oman have appeared, what is still lacking is a readily accessible English summary of recent highlights that deals with the late pre-Islamic culture in Mazun/western Maka (cf. Kervran and Hiebert 1991: 337–48, Yule and Kazenwadel 1993: 251–77, Yule 1994: 519–577). Until the publication of the final report on the excavations of the German Archaeological Mission to the Sultanate o…
Dates, caries, and early tooth loss during the Iron Age of Oman
Dates, caries, and early tooth loss during the Iron Age of Oman
Diets high in fermentable carbohydrates are known to be highly cariogenic, particularly when contained in very sticky food such as dates. This medium allows food to remain in contact with the teeth, thereby resisting the normal flushing action of the saliva. When comprising a large portion of the diet, food such as this can lead to high caries incidence and accelerated tooth loss. This appears to be the situation found in a skeletal series from t…
Shahdad
More than Samad in Oman
The publication of field work in central Oman has lagged behind the excavations themselves. Whereas the pioneer archaeologists in Oman could identify sites and finds only as “Iron Age”, the work of the past 10 years has enabled a clear conceptual distinction to be made between the Early and Late Iron Age assemblages, as well as their regional characters. Using as a point of departure the Samad Complex, for which most intact contexts exist, the le…
The Ahar Culture and beyond Settlement and Frontiers of 'Mesolithic' and Early Agricultural Sites in South-Eastern Rajasthan c. 3rd-2nd Millennia B. C
Settlements and Frontiers in Mesolithic and Early Agricultural Sites in South-Eastern Rajasthan. (BAR -S412, 1988)
Petrochemical attributes of glazed architectural elements from Middle-Elamite to Achaemenid excavation sites in Iran
Glazed decoration in Iran from the Middle Elamite to the Achaemenid periods includes world art milestones. With the exception of Hasanlu IVB, for most sites, comprehensive chemical and mineralogical data are lacking, owing to the generally profound alteration of the vitreous material. To bridge the information gap, and to enable to reconstruct operation production chains in a diachronic fashion, thirty-six glazed artefacts from Qalaichi, Rabat, H…
Al‐Aqir near Bahlā’– an Early Bronze Age dam site with planoconvex ‘copper’ ingots
Some 20 years ago the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture received an important collection of planoconvex copper ingots, tools and anthropomorphic figures which came from a site at al‐Aqir near Bahlā’ in the al‐Zāhirah Wilāya. Several years elapsed before their provenance could be reconstructed and the site could be investigated. The finds had been deposited as building offerings in a prehistoric, 300 m‐long dam built to trap soil and moist…
A late pre‐Islamic bowl with Levantine‐inspired decoration from ed‐Dur ( UAE )
Around 1977 the British engineer Peter Hudson found a corroded copper alloy bowl during a walk c .100–150 m south‐east of the ed‐Dur fort in Umm al‐Qaiwain. Ed‐Dur is one of the largest and most extensively explored sites along the UAE Gulf coast. Its main occupation dates from the late first century BCE to the early second century CE ( PIR , Période préislamique récente , C). After cleaning, the bowl showed profuse engraved and repoussé decorati…
Valorising the Samad Late Iron Age
The Late Iron Age (LIA) in Central Oman is known from the eponymous site of Samad al‐Shān as well as al‐Moyassar (formerly al‐Maysar), which teams from Bochum and Heidelberg investigated from 1977 to 1996 in twelve campaigns. The chronology of this little known period has evoked much controversy but although this contribution contains critical comments, these regard mostly smaller issues or details and there is a general unspoken agreement about …
Silver phiale said to be from al‐Juba (al‐Wusṭa Governorate) — an archaeological puzzle
In March 2014, while recording finds in the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in al‐Khuwair, artefacts unexpectedly came to light reportedly from al‐Juba in Oman's Bar al‐Ḥikmān, in al‐Wusṭa Governorate, until recently an archaeologically little‐researched part of the Sultanate. Some of the pieces could be attributed to the Samad LIA or perhaps the PIR , both from the centuries at the turning point of the ages from BCE to CE . Such finds have neve…
Non‐destructive Chemical Analysis of Old South Arabian Coins, Fourth Century Bce to Third Century Ce
Studies on Old South Arabian (OSA) coinage are rare and state‐of‐the‐art materials analysis for them lags far behind that of ancient Greece and Rome. Understandably, numismatists responsible for preserving their collections discourage destructive analyses. We have selected coins of the aesthetically and technically developed Himyarite Royal Raydan series (early first to late second century ce ), so‐called Old and New Style Athenian Imitations, am…
More than Samad in Oman
The publication of field work in central Oman has lagged behind the excavations themselves. Whereas the pioneer archaeologists in Oman could identify sites and finds only as “Iron Age”, the work of the past 10 years has enabled a clear conceptual distinction to be made between the Early and Late Iron Age assemblages, as well as their regional characters. Using as a point of departure the Samad Complex, for which most intact contexts exist, the le…
A Late Antique Christian king from Ẓafār, southern Arabia
Southern Arabia was an important trading partner for the Roman world but owing to geography and politics its archaeology has been less intensively studied than that of neighbouring regions. A succession of kingdoms rose and fell in the last centuries BC and first centuries AD, but in the late Roman period the dominant power was Ḥimyar, with its capital at Ẓafār. In 2008 a relief sculpture was discovered at the site depicting a crowned ruler accom…
Notes on Scarabs and Aegean Chronology
Seals from Minoan contexts in the form of scarabs or scaraboids are, it is argued, Minoan rather than Egyptian in origin. They are related to the well-defined categories of Minoan seals of EM or MM date. Several belong to the Border/Leaf context, a large group of Minoan seals defined by I. Pini. Other Minoan techniques and motifs found on scarabs and scaraboids are discussed
A Harappan 'snarling iron' from Chanhu daro
The re-discovery and recognition of a snarling iron, a delightfully named metal-workers' tool, adds another aspect to knowledge of Harappan technological skills
The Ahar Culture and beyond Settlement and Frontiers of 'Mesolithic' and Early Agricultural Sites in South-Eastern Rajasthan c. 3rd-2nd Millennia B. C
Settlements and Frontiers in Mesolithic and Early Agricultural Sites in South-Eastern Rajasthan. (BAR -S412, 1988)
More than Samad in Oman
The publication of field work in central Oman has lagged behind the excavations themselves. Whereas the pioneer archaeologists in Oman could identify sites and finds only as “Iron Age”, the work of the past 10 years has enabled a clear conceptual distinction to be made between the Early and Late Iron Age assemblages, as well as their regional characters. Using as a point of departure the Samad Complex, for which most intact contexts exist, the le…
Shahdad
The Samad Period in the Sultanate of Oman
Although numerous publications on the archaeology of the Sultanate of Oman have appeared, what is still lacking is a readily accessible English summary of recent highlights that deals with the late pre-Islamic culture in Mazun/western Maka (cf. Kervran and Hiebert 1991: 337–48, Yule and Kazenwadel 1993: 251–77, Yule 1994: 519–577). Until the publication of the final report on the excavations of the German Archaeological Mission to the Sultanate o…
Dates, caries, and early tooth loss during the Iron Age of Oman
Dates, caries, and early tooth loss during the Iron Age of Oman
Diets high in fermentable carbohydrates are known to be highly cariogenic, particularly when contained in very sticky food such as dates. This medium allows food to remain in contact with the teeth, thereby resisting the normal flushing action of the saliva. When comprising a large portion of the diet, food such as this can lead to high caries incidence and accelerated tooth loss. This appears to be the situation found in a skeletal series from t…
Al‐Aqir near Bahlā’– an Early Bronze Age dam site with planoconvex ‘copper’ ingots
Some 20 years ago the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture received an important collection of planoconvex copper ingots, tools and anthropomorphic figures which came from a site at al‐Aqir near Bahlā’ in the al‐Zāhirah Wilāya. Several years elapsed before their provenance could be reconstructed and the site could be investigated. The finds had been deposited as building offerings in a prehistoric, 300 m‐long dam built to trap soil and moist…
Queen of Sheba
Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, vol. 9
The Gates of Himyarite Ẓafār
Regarding the appearance of Himyarite cityscapes, written and archaeological sources are rare. Hamdānī’s 10th century AD citation of Abū Naṣr regarding the appearance of Ẓafār’s gates has been discussed by scholars, for example Faris, al‐Shamārī and Muḥammad al‐Akwa‘. Some contradictions lie in the rendering of the names in the three Arabic manuscripts which contain the text, because the pointing is erratic. Based on new large‐scale maps and arch…
Non‐destructive Chemical Analysis of Old South Arabian Coins, Fourth Century Bce to Third Century Ce
Studies on Old South Arabian (OSA) coinage are rare and state‐of‐the‐art materials analysis for them lags far behind that of ancient Greece and Rome. Understandably, numismatists responsible for preserving their collections discourage destructive analyses. We have selected coins of the aesthetically and technically developed Himyarite Royal Raydan series (early first to late second century ce ), so‐called Old and New Style Athenian Imitations, am…
A Late Antique Christian king from Ẓafār, southern Arabia
Southern Arabia was an important trading partner for the Roman world but owing to geography and politics its archaeology has been less intensively studied than that of neighbouring regions. A succession of kingdoms rose and fell in the last centuries BC and first centuries AD, but in the late Roman period the dominant power was Ḥimyar, with its capital at Ẓafār. In 2008 a relief sculpture was discovered at the site depicting a crowned ruler accom…
Michel Mouton & Jérémie Schiettecatte . In the desert margins. The settlement process in ancient South and East Arabia (Arabia Antica 9). 334 pages, 176 b&w illustrations. 2014. Rome
Michel Mouton& Jérémie Schiettecatte . In the desert margins. The settlement process in ancient South and East Arabia (Arabia Antica 9). 334 pages, 176 b&w illustrations. 2014. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider, 978-88-913-0680-7 hardback, €250. - Volume 89 Issue 343
In the Land of the Emirates
In the Land of the Emirates: The Archaeology and History of the UAE. By D. T. Potts. Abu Dhabi: Sultan Bin Zayed’s Culture and Media Centre, 2012. Pp. 219, illus
Valorising the Samad Late Iron Age
The Late Iron Age (LIA) in Central Oman is known from the eponymous site of Samad al‐Shān as well as al‐Moyassar (formerly al‐Maysar), which teams from Bochum and Heidelberg investigated from 1977 to 1996 in twelve campaigns. The chronology of this little known period has evoked much controversy but although this contribution contains critical comments, these regard mostly smaller issues or details and there is a general unspoken agreement about …
Silver phiale said to be from al‐Juba (al‐Wusṭa Governorate) — an archaeological puzzle
In March 2014, while recording finds in the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in al‐Khuwair, artefacts unexpectedly came to light reportedly from al‐Juba in Oman's Bar al‐Ḥikmān, in al‐Wusṭa Governorate, until recently an archaeologically little‐researched part of the Sultanate. Some of the pieces could be attributed to the Samad LIA or perhaps the PIR , both from the centuries at the turning point of the ages from BCE to CE . Such finds have neve…
Ben Saunders . Archaeological rescue excavations on packages 3 and 4 of the Bāṭinah Expressway, Sultanate of Oman (British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monograph 18). 2016. Oxford
Ben Saunders . Archaeological rescue excavations on packages 3 and 4 of the Bāṭinah Expressway, Sultanate of Oman (British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monograph 18). 2016. Oxford: Archaeopress; 978-1-78491-395-3 paperback £45. - Volume 92 Issue 361
A late pre‐Islamic bowl with Levantine‐inspired decoration from ed‐Dur ( UAE )
Around 1977 the British engineer Peter Hudson found a corroded copper alloy bowl during a walk c .100–150 m south‐east of the ed‐Dur fort in Umm al‐Qaiwain. Ed‐Dur is one of the largest and most extensively explored sites along the UAE Gulf coast. Its main occupation dates from the late first century BCE to the early second century CE ( PIR , Période préislamique récente , C). After cleaning, the bowl showed profuse engraved and repoussé decorati…
Sudarabien im Altertum
Südarabien im Altertum: Kommentierte Bibliographie der Jahre 1997 bis 2011. By Walter W. Müller. Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, vol. 6. Tübingen: Wasmuth, 2014. Pp. vii + 187. €19.80
Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman
The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman: Research by the Bat Archaeological Project, 2007– 12. By Christopher P. Thornton; Charlotte M. Cable; and G. L. Possehl. Museum Monographs, vol. 143. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 2016. Pp. 352, illus. $69.95
Gernez Guillaume, Giraud Jessica 2019. Taming the Great Desert
Only some 50 years old, the archaeology of the Sultanate of Oman continues to flower in surprising ways. Shortly before his death in 2017, the archaeological advisor to the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Maurizio Tosi, encouraged archaeologists working in the country to publish their results in a way appealing to both popular and scientific audiences. Such was to be of international format with good book production standards, full colour and w…
D’Aden à Zafar
D’Aden à Zafar: Villes d’Arabie du sud préislamique. By Jérémie Schiettecatte. Orient & Méditeranée, Archéologie, vol. 6. Paris: De Boccard, 2011. Pp. 372, illus. €64 (paper
In the Desert Margins
In the Desert Margins: The Settlement Process in Ancient South and East Arabia. By Michel Mouton and Jérémie Schiettecatte. Arabia Antica, vol. 9. Pp. 334, illus. Rome: Bretschneider, 2014. €250
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