Angelo Castrorao Barba

Biographic Data

ID6157585
NAMEAngelo Castrorao Barba
GIVEN NAMESAngelo Castrorao
FAMILY NAMEBarba
SIGNATUREBARBA A C
AFFILIATIONSConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
ORCID0000-0002-4360-4328
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • The Materiality of Daily Life in Islamic Palermo

    Angelo Castrorao Barba, G Battaglia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Islamic Archaeology2026

    A recent discovery during a rescue excavation at Corso Tukory 107 in Palermo (Sicily, Italy) revealed a significant Islamic archaeological context from the second half of the 10th century to the first half of the 11th century, coinciding with the rule of the Kalbids. The site was exposed during urban redevelopment activities, and it offers a unique insight into Islamic Sicily’s material culture through a compact layer rich in ceramics and zooarch…

  • Reassessing an Early Medieval Rural Mosque in Al-Andalus

    Open AccessMaría De Los Ángeles Utrero Agudo, Angelo Castrorao Barba et al.ARTICLEHeritage2026References: 1

    Recent investigations at the Cortijo de las Mezquitas complex (Antequera–Campillos–Sierra de Yeguas, Province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain) have focused on clarifying the construction history of the monument and on contextualising the presence of an early medieval rural mosque, a rare example within the Iberian Peninsula. The reassessment of the complex, conducted within the methodological framework of Building Archaeology, has made it possible to…

  • The End and Afterlife of Roman Villas in Sicily During the Late Antique, Byzantine, and Islamic Periods

    Open AccessAngelo Castrorao Barba, Carla SfameniARTICLEStudies in Late Antiquity2025

    Roman villas in Sicily are a palimpsest that provide a valuable lens through which to examine the evolving dynamics of settlements, spanning from the decline of opulent residences belonging to late Roman elites to the development of Islamic-era communities and beyond. In light of advancements in postclassical archaeological research in Sicily over recent decades, this article seeks to raise pertinent questions regarding the transformations that t…

  • Tuna fishing in medieval Sicily

    Open AccessArianna Romano, Roberto Miccichè et al.ARTICLEArchaeofauna2025

    This paper presents the result of the analysis of a large sample of bone remains belonging to Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), dated between the second half of the 10th century CE and the first half of the 11th century CE, recovered near Porta Sant’ Agata in Palermo.The analytical methodologies applied to the osteological remains made it possible to draw information on the biological profile (size and age at capture) of the individuals co…

  • Sources of geomaterials in the Sicani Mountains during the Early Middle Ages

    Open AccessG Montana, Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2022References: 2

    From 2017, an unknown rural settlement in Contrada Castro at Corleone (Palermo Province, western Sicily) was investigated as part of the ‘Harvesting Memories Project’. The stratigraphic sequence, supported by radiocarbon dating, has demonstrated a reoccupation of a pre‐Roman site during the transition between the Byzantine and Islamic periods. In particular, the main occupation occurred in the late 8th–9th century when pottery kilns and a probabl…

  • The Sicilian Countryside in the Early Middle Ages

    Open AccessAngelo Castrorao Barba, Claudia Speciale et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Archaeology2021Cited by: 2References: 9

    Within the project ‘Harvesting Memories: Ecology and Archaeology of Monti Sicani Landscapes’, this paper aims to reconstruct human–environment interactions in the inland areas of Western Sicily during the Early Middle Ages through a comparative analysis of environmental archaeological data. We analyse carpological and anthracological finds and faunal remains originating from different layers of the rural settlement of Contrada Castro (Corleone, P…

  • Les bains de Cefalà (Xe–XIXe siècle)

    Angelo Castrorao BarbaARTICLEJournal of Islamic Archaeology2020

    Les bains de Cefalà (Xe–XIXe siècle) : pratiques thermales d’origine islamique dans la Sicile médiévale / I bagni di Cefalà (secoli X–XIX) : pratiche termali d’origine islamica nella Sicilia medievale, by A. Bagnera and A. Nef (eds.). Collection de l’École Française de Rome 538, Rome: École Française de Rome, 2018, 640pp., €90. ISBN-13: 9782728312504

  • Vegetation series as a marker of interactions between rural settlements and landscape

    Gabriela Bazan, Angelo Castrorao Barba et al.ARTICLELandscape Research2020Cited by: 1References: 16

    Plant communities are complex and dynamic elements of the landscape, intertwined with both natural factors and human activities. Vegetation series reflect the environmental characteristics of the landscape, but also the anthropic impact, one of the exogenous forces that most profoundly affects the landscape formation process. This paper aims to investigate the interactions between long-term human settlement catchment areas and vegetation series. …

  • Geobotanical approach to detect land-use change of a Mediterranean landscape

    Open AccessGabriela Bazan, Angelo Castrorao Barba et al.ARTICLEGeoJournal2018Cited by: 8References: 2