Boas Adrian J. Crusader Archaeology: The Material Culture of the Latin East

London — New York: Routledge, 2005. — xx, 262 p. — ISBN: 0-203-98466-8 (Master e-book ISBN); 0-415-17361-2 (Print Edition).
Crusader Archaeology examines what life was like for European settlers in the Latin East and how they were influenced by their new-found neighbours. Incorporating recent excavation results and the latest research, this new edition updates the only detailed study of the material culture of the Frankish settlers in Israel, Cyprus, Syria and Jordan. Adrian Boas provides comprehensive coverage of the key topics connected to crusader archaeology, including an examination of urban and rural settlements, agriculture, industry, the military, the church, public and private architecture, arts and crafts, leisure pursuits, death and burial and building techniques. There are also entirely new chapters on domestic architecture and disease, injury and medical treatment. Drawing on the extensive experience of an established writer in the field, Crusader Archaeology effectively combines a broad body of material to introduce readers to the archaeological research of the region. This well-illustrated volume is a crucial survey for all those interested in the Middle Ages, and in particular the Crusades.
List of illustrations.
Preface and acknowledgements.
A note on the use of place-names.
Abbreviations.
Chronology.
Background: the Crusades and Outremer.
Geography and climate.
The native population.
The Frankish settlers.
The Italians.
Frankish administration and institutions.
The Church.
The military orders.
The city and urban life.
Major cities.
Coastal towns.
Inland towns.
The rural landscape.
Land ownership and the rural population in the kingdom of Jerusalem.
Taxes and tithes.
Monopolies.
The structure of the native casalia and the status of the local peasants.
The Frankish villani and the planned villages.
Illustrations Manor houses and farmhouses.
Agriculture and rural industry.
The defence of the Latin East.
Typology of the Crusader castle.
How the Franks built their castles.
Siege warfare.
Frankish ecclesiastical architecture.Typology.
Frankish domestic architecture.Typology.
Crafts and minor arts.
Ceramics.
Glass.
Metalwork.
Stone vessels and objects.
Inscriptions and heraldry.
Wood.
Games.
Arms and armour.
Greek fire.
Textiles.
Leather working.
Ivory carvings.
Objects of bone and mother-of-pearl.
Crusader coins.
Crusader seals.
The fine arts.
Figurative sculpture.
Non-figurative ornamentation.
Wall painting Mosaics.
Manuscript illumination.
Icons.
Building techniques and materials.
Mortar and plaster.
Wood.
Stone.
Construction.
Medicine.
Illness and injury.
Hospitals and medical treatment.
Burials.
Burial customs.
Anthropological research.
Cemeteries.
Tombs.
Postscript.

Index.