At the Dawn of History

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.

• Introduction1. South-eastern Arabia between the late 1st millennium BCE and the early centuries CE2. Sites and Architecture3. Artefact Classes4. Chronology5. Special Topics6. Post LIA/Sasanian and post Sasanian7. Late pre-Islamic Dhofar8. ConclusionBibliographyAppendix 1: Site names, assemblages and sourcesAppendix 2 : Artefact classes of the late pre-Islamic assemblagesIndex of peopleIndex of thingsIndex of places