This paper will survey the state of research of the archaeology of Jerusalem in the Mamluk period, which is largely a study of the architecture of dozens of standing monuments, rather than excavations. While most of the major monuments have been studied, especially by Michael Burgoyne, there are many more surviving buildings from the Mamluk period that await architectural documentation.

Extensive historical information is available for the Mamluk period, much of which remains under-utilized for the study of the buildings of Mamluk Jerusalem. The Ottoman period Islamic law court records in particular are filled with information that remains to be examined about waqf endowments and building activities in the Mamluk period.

Results of archaeological excavations have been meager, while other types of physical evidence from the Mamluk period remain incompletely studied, such as the holdings of the Islamic Museum in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound and the various Islamic cemeteries around the city.