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 (NYUAD).

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 (8th-4th Century B.C.E.)", 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 (Jordan): 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 its 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