Paul Alan Yule

Paul Alan Yule is an archaeologist at the University of Heidelberg. He studied at University of Minnesota, New York University and Marburg University. His main focuses are the archaeology of Arabia and that of India. A major contribution to the prehistory of Oman deals with the tower tombs of Jaylah on the Jebel Akhdar, which date to the 3rd millennium BCE.

The site of Samad al-Shan sheds light on the transition to [Islam] in Oman. It also differentiates the different kinds of eastern Arabian artefacts by period. The site of Zafar, capital of Himyar, in the Yemen, illuminates especially on the culture of the Himyarite empire and its late period. The metal hoard find from Ibri-Selme, is the largest to occur in the Near East. It contains finds largely of the Early Iron Age.

In India, he documented archaeological sites for the first time, especially in Orissa. The so-called Copper Hoard Culture of India were documented for the first time. These numerous copper artefacts appear to be non-functional objects, probably used in ritual functions. A find from Sankarjang may be the earliest musical instrument in India.

Publications

P. Yule, "Early Cretan Seals: A Study of Chronology". Marburger Studien zur Vor und Frühgeschichte 4 (Mainz 1981), ISBN 3-8053-0490-0

P. Yule, "The Bronze Age Metalwork of India". PBF XX,8 (Munich 1985), ISBN 3 406 30440 0

P. Yule/A. Hauptmann/M. Hughes, The Copper Hoards of the Indian Subcontinent: Preliminaries for an Interpretation, "Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums Mainz" 36, 1989 [1992] , 193-275 ISBN 1-881094-03-0

P. Yule/G. Weisgerber, The Tower Tombs at Shir, Eastern Hajar, Sultanate of Oman, "Beiträge zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Archäologie" 18, 1998, 183-241, ISBN 3-8053-2518-5

P. Yule (ed.), "Studies in the Archaeology of the Sultanate of Oman", Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Orient-Archäologie Bd. 2 (Rahden 1999) ISBN 3-89646-632-1

P. Yule/G. Weisgerber, "The Metal Hoard from 'Ibri/Selme, Sultanate of Oman". Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX.7 (Stuttgart 2001) ISBN 3-515-07153-9

P. Yule, "Die Gräberfelder in Samad al Shan (Sultanat Oman) Materialien zu einer Kulturgeschichte", Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Orient-Archäologie Bd. 4 (Rahden 2001)ISBN 3-89646-634-8

P. Yule, "Early Historic Sites in Orissa" (Delhi 2006) ISBN 81-89645-44-7digitale Version: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/schriftenreihen_ebene 2.php?sr_id=12&la=de

P. Yule, "Himyar–Die Spätantike im Jemen/Himyar Late Antique Yemen" (Aichwald 2007), ISBN 978-3-929290-35-6

External links

*http://www.zafar-himyar.com