selected publications academic article Castro, F., Bendig, C., Berube, M., Borrero, R., Budsberg, N., Dostal, C., ... Yamafune, K. (2018). Recording, Publishing, and Reconstructing Wooden Shipwrecks. Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 13(1), 55-66. Yamafune, K., Torres, R., & Castro, F. (2017). Multi-Image Photogrammetry to Record and Reconstruct Underwater Shipwreck Sites. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 24(3), 703-725. Castro, F., & Capulli, M. (2016). A Preliminary report of recording the Stella 1 Roman River Barge, Italy. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 45(1), 29-41. Budsberg, N., Jobling, J., & Castro, F. (2016). The Rio Grande do Norte Astrolabe. International Journal of Historical Archaeology. 20(2), 405-421. Castro, F., & Gomes-Dias, D. (2015). Moulds, Graminhos and Ribbands: a pilot study of the construction of saveiros in Valenca and the Baia de Todos os Santos area, Brazil. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 44(2), 410-422. Castro, F., Budsberg, N., Jobling, J., & Passen, A. (2015). The Astrolabe Project. Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 10(3), 205-234. Drap, P., Merad, D., Hijazi, B., Gaoua, L., Nawaf, M. M., Saccone, M., ... Castro, F. (2015). Underwater Photogrammetry and Object Modeling: A Case Study of Xlendi Wreck in Malta. 15(12), 30351-30384. Castro, F. (2013). Tonnages and displacements in the 16th century. Journal of Archaeological Science. 40(2), 1136-1143. Santos, T. A., Fonseca, N., Castro, F., & Vacas, T. (2012). Loading and stability of a late 16th century Portuguese Indiaman. Journal of Archaeological Science. 39(9), 2835-2844. Castro, F. (2011). Creating Shapes in Civil and Naval Architecture: A Cross-Disciplinary Comparison. Isis: international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences. 102(1), 153-154. Castro, F., Yamafune, K., Eginton, C., & Derryberry, T. (2011). The Cais do Sodre Shipwreck, Lisbon, Portugal. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 40(2), 328-343. Castro, F., Fontanez, R., Garcia, G., Tubby, R., & Lusardi, W. R. (2010). The Nautical Archaeology of Puerto Rico. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 39(1), 156-164. Castro, F. (2010). Underwater and Maritime Archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean. Journal of Anthropological Research. 66(2), 287-289. Wachsmann, S., Dunn, R. K., Hale, J. R., Hohlfelder, R. L., Conyers, L. B., Ernenwein, E. G., ... Davis, D. (2009). The Palaeo-Environmental Contexts of Three Possible Phoenician Anchorages in Portugal. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 38(2), 221-253. Castro, F. (2009). Rigging the Pepper Wreck. Part 2-Sails. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 38(1), 105-115. Castro, F., Fonseca, N., Vacas, T., & Ciciliot, F. (2008). A quantitative look at Mediterranean lateen- and square-rigged ships (Part 1). International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 37(2), 347-359. Castro, F. (2008). In search of unique Iberian ship design concepts. Historical Archaeology. 42(2), 63-87. Santos, T. A., Fonseca, N., & Castro, F. (2007). Naval architecture applied to the century Portuguese nau reconstruction of an early Nau. Marine Technology. 44(4), 254-267. Castro, F. (2007). Rising and narrowing: 16th-century geometric algorithms used to design the bottom of ships in Portugal. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 36(1), 148-154. Castro, F., & Fonseca, N. (2006). Sailing the pepper wreck: A proposed methodology for understanding an early 17th-century Portuguese indiaman. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 35(1), 97-103. Castro, F. (2005). Arade river archaeological complex: Dredges and archaeology. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 34(1), 51-61. Castro, F. (2005). Rigging the pepper wreck. Part I - Masts and yards. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 34(1), 110-122. Castro, F (2003). The pepper wreck. Archaeology. 56(2), Castro, F. (2003). The Pepper Wreck, an early 17th-century Portuguese Indiaman at the mouth of the Tagus River, Portugal. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 32(1), 6-23. book De Castro, F. V. (2005). The pepper wreck: A Portuguese Indiaman at the mouth of the Tagus river. Texas A&M University Press. chapter Monroy, C., Castro, F., & Furuta, R. (2012). A Digital Library Perspective: The Synthesis and Storage of Maritime Archaeological Data to Assist in Ship Reconstruction. The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology. conference paper Ben Ellefi, M., Drap, P., Papini, O., Merad, D., Royer, J. P., Nawaf, M. M., ... Castro, F. (2019). ONTOLOGY-BASED WEB TOOLS FOR RETRIEVING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC CULTURAL HERITAGE MODELS. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. 31-38. Ben Ellefi, M., Nawaf, M. M., Sourisseau, J. C., Gambin, T., Castro, F., & Drap, P. (2018). Clustering over the cultural heritage linked open dataset: Xlendi shipwreck. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Skarlatos, D., Agrafiotis, P., Balogh, T., Bruno, F., Castro, F., Petriaggi, B. D., ... Rizvic, S. (2016). Project iMARECULTURE: Advanced VR, iMmersive Serious Games and Augmented REality as Tools to Raise Awareness and Access to European Underwater CULTURal heritagE. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. 805-813. Monroy, C., Furuta, R., & Castro, F. (2010). Using an ontology and a multilingual glossary for enhancing the nautical archaeology digital library. 259-262. Monroy, C., Furuta, R., & Castro, F. (2007). Texts, illustrations, and physical objects: The case of ancient shipbuilding treatises. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. 198-+. Monroy, C., Furuta, R., & Castro, F. (2007). A Multilingual Approach to Technical Manuscripts: 16(th) and 17(th)-century Portuguese Shipbuilding Treatises. 413-+. Monroy, C., Parks, N., Furuta, R., & Castro, F. (2006). The nautical archaeology digital library. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. 544-547. Fonseca, N., Santos, T. A., & Castro, F. (2005). Study of the intact stability of a Portuguese Nau from the early XVII century. 841-849.
teaching activities ANTH205 Peoples & Cult Of Wrld Instructor ANTH418 Romans Arabs And Vikings Instructor ANTH485 Directed Studies Instructor ANTH491 Research Instructor ANTH616 Rsrch & Recnstrtn Ship Instructor ANTH618 Medieval Seafar Mediter Instructor ANTH685 Directed Studies Instructor ANTH691 Research Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Anthropology, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2001 M.B.A. in International Management, Catholic University of Portugal - (Lisbon, Portugal) 1993
awards and honors Frederick R. Mayer Fellow II in Nautical Archaeology, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2001