‘Atlit, Crusader Cemetery – 2018

In May–June 2018, the fourth excavation season was conducted at the ‘Atlit Crusader cemetery (Licence No. G-45/2018; map ref. 194692–738/734709– 813 ). This was the first in a four year project—Le cimetière médiéval d’Atlit: Utilisation et évolution d’un espace funéraire du royaume latin de Jérusalem (XIIIe s.)—undertaken by the French Research Center in Jerusalem (CRFJ) and funded and supported by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), the French Research Center in Jerusalem (CRFJ), the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the H of Ha-Karmel Regional Council, the University of Bordeaux and the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP ). The excavation was directed by Y. Gleize, with the assistance of C. Berton and S. Dorso (University of Lyon 2 and CRFJ), P. Duratti, M. Greuin and C. Lacourarie (University of Bordeaux), Y. Li (Haifa University), H. Sha (Haifa University), V. Pirsky and his team (surveying and drafting), A. Rizzo (University of Bordeaux) and P. Tigreat, and with the contribution of IAA personnel, including V. Shotten-Hallel ( Medieval architecture), R. Kool (numismatics ), E.J. Stern ( ceramics) and Y. Vitkalov ( conservation).