Grittle Crusader Settlement in the County of Edessa
Excavated and published by the University of Pennsylvania
published 1998 by Scott Redford

Crusader coins:
6 Deniers of Valence (12th c. AD)
10 Deniers of Lucca (12th c. AD)
*The Crusader settlement was razed in 1148 by an Artuqid army

Animal bones:
44.9% Pig bones
30.4% Sheep/Goat bones
20.6% Cattle bones

Other mammals include dogs and cats.
10 cat bones to 1 dog bone [not many herd dogs]


Pigs typically eatened between 18 and 22 months of age

Plant remains:
Wheat (Triticum dura)
Barley (Hordeum vulgate)
Fava Beans (Vicia faba)
Field beans
Broad Beans
Fodder
Cotton
Flax
Grape
Fig
Almond
Piscachio
Walnut

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Belmont Crusader Castle in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Exccavated and published British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem
published 2000 by Richard Harper and Denys Pringle

Crusader coins:
Roger of Antioch (1112-1119)
English 'short-cross' pennies (1180-1247)

Identified Animal bones in pure Crusader loci:
37.3% Sheep/Goat bones
34.4% Pig bones
27.0% Cattle bones

3 Horse bones
2 Camel bones
2 Fallow Deer bones
1 Fox bone

Estimated meat supplied by main animals

72.4% Cattle
14.8% Pig
12.8% Sheep/Goat