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that served the monks and the clergy officiating there (Fig. 142a–c). This pattern
of a Crusader tri-apsidal church and an adjacent cloister is also known from the
Muristan Quarter in Jerusalem. Uncovered south of the cathedral and to its west, at
the foot of the prominence upon which it was built, was a Crusader cemetery with
cist tombs lined with stone slabs, in which wooden coffins were placed. Two phases
of use have been discerned (Fig. 143a–b).

Stretching beyond the wall, on the south, was an external Crusader cemetery,
extending above the Muslim cemetery that preceded it.

a CAESAREA MARITIMA b
Medieval Structures in Areas TP, Z, and I
Line of vault below Tumble (clearstorey?) (End of 2002 season)
in hole below floor
Area I
Fallen columns

Pavement KEY to Phasing: A
Plan as existing (1986) B
C

Cemetery

Area TP

Cemetery

Reconstruction of Phase A (12th c.) Area Z
Cemetery
c

Excavated wall
Projected wall
N Underground

Fig. 142a–c
a. The Crusader cathedral, plan
b. Plan of the Crusader remains over the temple platform: a

cloister to the south of which is the cathedral – a tri-apsidal
church. The western parts of the complex, built over underlying
vaults, have collapsed. In the west, beneath the temple
platform, stretched a medieval residential neighborhood and to
the south of it – a Crusader cemetery
c. Aerial photo of the temple platform showing in the foreground
the eastern edge of the tri-apsidal Crusader cathedral and
beyond it and to the left the foundations of the Byzantine
octagonal church, looking south-east