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Abstract

The excavations at Khirbat Burin exposed a large complex of medieval buildings (Strata I–II), as well as fills with mixed materials, mostly dating to the late Byzantine–Early Islamic periods (Stratum III). Three building phases were observed in the building complex of Stratum II (a–c). The complex was probably established during the Crusader period (mid-twelfth–early thirteenth centuries CE; Stratum IIa), before the area was conquered by Baybars I in 1265 CE. The ethnicity of the dwellers in not clear; they might have been either Muslims or Franks. The Strata IIb–c horizon dates to the Mamluk period (late thirteenth–fourteenth centuries CE). The pottery of this phase includes Chinese Celadon vessels, mold-made glazed bowls and Italian imports. Stratum I postdates the building complex, but is still dated to within the Mamluk period (fourteenth–fifteenth centuries CE). Following this stratum, the area was not reoccupied, and the surface loci included only a few Ottoman-period sherds.

Keywords

History, ethnicity, Islam, Christianity, shells, pilgrimage, Santiago de Compostella, Aegean glazed bowls, Levantine glazed bowls, Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, Hugh of Burin, rural population, metal finds, ground stone

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