ABSTRACT
Archaeological excavations conducted in the northern part of Israel by the Israel Antiquities Authority have uncovered tangible evidence of the Hospitallers' material culture, allowing for a further investigation into their activities. The wealth and variety of historical sources from the period help to identify specific structures with the Hospitaller order with a fairly reasonable degree of accuracy. Large-scale excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority at the Hospitaller compound in Acre since the early 1990s have revealed a great variety of local and imported pottery types dating to the crusader period. The site is identified as crusader Manueth, which is well known from contemporary historical documentation. The ceramic assemblage from the sites may be compared to those from contemporaneous sites in the same geographical area in an endeavour to understand better the range and influence of the Hospital. The ceramic assemblage from the Hospitaller compound consists in a variety of simple unglazed and glazed vessels.
