Gabriele Castiglia

Biographic Data

ID1345123
NAMEGabriele Castiglia
GIVEN NAMESGabriele
FAMILY NAMECastiglia
SIGNATURECASTIGLIA G
AFFILIATIONSPontificia commissione di archeologia sacra
ORCID0000-0002-1958-294X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • The “Shepherds’ Field” in Beit Sahour (Bethlehem – PS). New archaeological research in the Byzantine monastery

    Gabriele Castiglia, Simone Schiavone et al.ARTICLELiber Annuus2024

    This paper presents the results of the first excavation campaign conducted by the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology (PIAC) at the monastic site of the Shepherds’ Field (Beit Sahour, Palestine). The project is made possible by an agreement with the Custody of the Holy Land and also has the approval of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Palestine. The project aims to enrich scientific knowledge, through archaeological investigat…

  • An archaeology of conversion? Evidence from Adulis for early Christianity and religious transition in the Horn of Africa

    Open AccessGabriele CastigliaARTICLEAntiquity2022Cited by: 1

    The port-city of Adulis in modern Eritrea was a key node on the Red Sea linking the Kingdom of Aksum to the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean. Recent excavations at Adulis have reinvestigated two early Christian churches. New radiocarbon analysis dates both structures to the sixth and early seventh centuries AD, with multiple phases of architectural development reflecting changing use and liturgy. The author uses evidence for bo…

  • L’arredo liturgico delle chiese adulitane ( Adulis -Eritrea). Nuovi dati dai recenti scavi del Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana alla chiesa “del British Museum”

    Matteo Pola, Božana Maletić et al.ARTICLEHortus Artium Medievalium2021

    The recent PIAC excavations at the so-called “British Museum church” have led to the discovery of a significant number of new fragments in various types of marble and alabaster, related to the decoration of the church. Moreover, the excavation of its presbytery area brings to light essential data for a better understanding of its liturgical space organization. This paper is trying to restore an image of the interior of the largest of the Adulitan…

  • For an Archaeology of Religious Identity in Adulis (Eritrea) and the Horn of Africa

    Gabriele Castiglia, Philippe Pergola et al.ARTICLEJournal of African Archaeology2021Cited by: 1References: 6

    The aim of this paper is to present new archaeological data coming from the recent excavations in Adulis (Eritrea) in the so-called “Church of the British Museum”, discovered in 1868 by Captain Goodfellow. New excavations that began in 2018 have led to highlight the biggest church known so far in Adulis, probably the ecclesia episcopalis . It stands as a 30 meters long building, which follows the typical Aksumite architectural layout. Also, the g…

  • Christian Topographies During Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

    Open AccessGabriele CastigliaCHAPTEREncyclopedia Of Global Archaeology2018

  • Rural churches and settlements in late-antique and Early Mediaeval Tuscany

    Open AccessGabriele CastigliaARTICLEJournal of Roman Archaeology2018

    The relationship between Roman villas and their re-use as ecclesiastical buildings in late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages has been much investigated in recent years. This topic is now integrated into the debate about the end of the villas and of rural settlements more generally. Since the bibliography is extensive, I shall highlight only the main interpretative and more recent studies. As is argued in a series of studies focusing on the Ital…