At the Dawn of History: The Late Pre-Islamic Age in South-Eastern Arabia

Contents

Introduction

1. South-eastern Arabia between the late 1^st millennium BCE and the early centuries CE

2. Sites and Architecture

3. Artefact Classes

4. Chronology

5. Special Topics

6. Post LIA/Sasanian and post Sasanian

7. Late pre-Islamic Dhofar

8. Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix 1: Site names, assemblages and sources

Appendix 2 : Artefact classes of the late pre-Islamic assemblages

Index of people

Index of things

Index of places

About the Author

Paul A. Yule is a retired professor from Heidelberg University. Since 1986 he has conducted archaeological fieldwork in the Sultanate of Oman, Yemen, India and Ethiopia. A foremost prehistorian of Arabia, previous books include his habilitation thesis on the Samad Late Iron Age. Monographic studies treat prehistoric metallic artefacts from Arabia and South Asia. He is editor and referee for different institutes, foundations and periodicals. He is an active graphic artist and cartographer. He made television and radio programmes, and his books have appeared in English, German and Arabic languages.

Fausto Mauro is a specialist in geospatial analysis and archaeological surveys. As part of his PhD studies at Würzburg University (Germany), he investigates resilience and adaptability during the Samad Late Iron Age in central Oman. Researching pre-Islamic south-eastern Arabia, he has contributed to archaeological excavations in the Sultanate of Oman at sites such as Daba Al-Bayah and Bamah.