William Zimmerle


William Gerlad Zimmerle is a scholar and archaeologist. He is also the Director of the Dhofar Ethnography Preservation Project and the Dhofar Rock Art & Arabian Inscriptions Project.
He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Arts & Humanities department at New York University Abu Dhabi.

Education

Zimmerle has a BA in History and Anthropology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a Master of Divinity in Religion and Ancient Languages from Harvard University, a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PgCert in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Edinburgh.

Field Work

He has been cataloging rock art found in cave shelters within the Dhofar region of Oman through photography and writing.

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Recent Advances In Applications Of Active Constituents Of Selected Medicinal Plants Of Dhofar, Sultanate Of Oman in the Asian Journal Of Pharmaceutical And Clinical Research, 2018
  • Ethnographic light on the form, function, and decoration of'Arabian-style'cuboid incense burners from first-millennium BC Nippur in the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2014
  • Evidence for the Arabian Spice Trade in the Southern Levant: Incense Altars and Alabaster Jars from the Axial Age in the W.F. Albright Newsletter Fellow's Report, 2012
  • The Impact of Neo-Assyrian Imperialism on Iron Age Jordan in the W.F. Albright Newsletter Fellow's Report, 2011
  • The 2005 Season at Tall Dhiban in the Annual Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 2010
  • Tall Dhiban Report in the American Journal of Archaeology, 2008
  • The 2004 Season at Dhiban : Prospection, Preservation, and Planning in the Annual Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 2005

    Books

  • Cultural Treasures from the Cave Shelters of Dhofar: Photographs of the Painted Rock Art Heritage of Southern Oman, 2017
  • Crafting Cuboid Incense Burners in the Land of Frankincense: The Dhofar Ethnoarchaeology Preservation Project, 2017

    Book Chapters

  • "Frankincense and it's Arabian Burner," in All things Arabia: Arabian Identity and Material Culture
  • "The Arabian Incense Burner." in ''The Gulf in World History: Arabia at the Crossroads, 2018''

    Edited Books

  • "Camel" Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2012.
  • "Ashdod" Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2012
  • "Ezekiel" Encyclopedia of Ancient History. 2012
  • "Orontes" Encyclopedia of Ancient History. 2012
  • "Red Sea" Encyclopedia of Ancient History. 2012
  • "Perfumes and Unguents." Encyclopedia of Ancient History. 2012
  • "Ethiopia." Encyclopedia of Ancient History. 2012