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His research focuses on Medieval Islamic Archeology, particularly in the study of settlement models, fortifications and material culture. She has a degree in History and Archeology, specializing in Archeology from the University of Évora. In 2015, he completed his Masters in Archeology at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon, with the dissertation: "The Islamic Presence in al-Qasr (Alcácer do Sal, Portugal): an analysis of urbanism and the defensive system", having obtained a final classification of Excellent. In 2023, he completed his PhD in History, specialization in Archeology, at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon, with the thesis: "The Organization of the Territory in the Southwest of the Gharb Al-Andalus - rural settlement and fortified landscapes in the kura of Alcácer do Sal", financially supported by the FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/117606/2016; COVID/BD/151702/2021), having the jury in the final proof awarded the maximum grade of Very Good by unanimity. I volunteered in several archaeological interventions and also participated in the organization of the I Congress of the Portuguese Archaeologists Association, held at the National Library of Portugal, from November 21 to 23, 2013. I was the archaeologist responsible for the technical and scientific direction of archaeological works carried out in Alcácer do Sal, between 2020 and 2024, within the scope of research projects and urban renovation projects (preventive archaeology and impact minimization). I have published two books, six book chapters, and ten articles in national and international journals.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marta Isabel Caetano Leitão
Date of birth
1988/12/03
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BA19-F944-95FC
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5782-3986

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - History and Archaeology - Archaeology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Arab Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/03/27
Concluded
 History (Doutoramento)
Major in Specialty: Archeology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"The Organization of the Territory in the Southwest of the Gharb Al-Andalus - rural settlement and fortified landscapes in the kura of Alcácer do Sal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good unanimously
2019/10/08 - 2019/10/09
Concluded
 Autumn School - Medieval Studies (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/10/09 - 2018/10/10
Concluded
 Autumn School - Inclusion and Exclusion in Medieval Urban Europe (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/05/15 - 2018/06/03
Concluded
 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applied to heritage and archeology management (Outros)
Universidad de Burgos, Spain
 Apto
2017/10/02 - 2017/10/03
Concluded
 Autumn School: Spaces and Powers in medieval urban Europe (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/02/14 - 2016/03/21
Concluded
 Educación y Museos (2.ª edición) (Outros)
Universidad de Murcia, Spain
2015/11/03
Concluded
 Archeology (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"The Islamic Presence in al-Qasr (Alcácer do Sal, Portugal): an analysis of urbanism and the defensive system" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 Valores
2015/05/06 - 2015/05/31
Concluded
 La Alhambra: Historia, Arte y Patrimonio (Outros)
Universidad de Granada, Spain
 Completed with success
2015/03/17 - 2015/04/12
Concluded
 The Graphic Documentation in Archaeology (1st Edition) (Outros)
Universidad de Burgos, Spain
 Apto
2013/09/05
Concluded
 History and Archeology (Licenciatura)
Major in Specialty: Archeology
Universidade de Évora Departamento de História, Portugal
 15 Valores
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/10/21 - Current Archaeologist responsible for the co-direction of the technical and scientific aspects of the archaeological monitoring works carried out in Santiago do Cacém Nexo - Património Cultural, Portugal
2024/07/10 - 2024/07/19 Archaeologist responsible for the technical and scientific direction of the archaeological monitoring and diagnostic survey works carried out as part of the Building Renovation Project for Housing at Parreira da Gama - Sociedade Administradora de Bens, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/25 Virtual Assistant at the company Net350 (United States of America), having carried out a research project titled: 'Logic Models in Research Funding" Net350, United States
2022/06/06 - 2022/06/11 Archaeologist responsible for the technical and scientific direction of the archaeological work carried out at the archaeological site of São Lourenço, Alcácer do Sal Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/05/10 - 2021/05/29 Archaeologist responsible for the technical and scientific direction of the archaeological excavation works carried out at the archaeological site of Vale de Trigo castle, Alcácer do Sal Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/04/06 - 2020/04/11 Archaeologist responsible for the technical and scientific direction of the archaeological work carried out at the archaeological site of Atalaia de Murta, Alcácer do Sal Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/03/16 - 2020/03/21 Archaeologist responsible for the technical and scientific direction of the archaeological work carried out at the archaeological site of Atalaia de Abul, Alcácer do Sal Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/07/16 - 2018/07/28 Participation as a volunteer in the archaeological excavation work carried out at the Roman Villa Casa da Medusa in Alter do Chão, Portalegre Câmara Municipal de Alter do Chão, Portugal , Portugal
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/14 Participation as a volunteer in the archaeological excavation work carried out at Late Antique Necropolis of Quinta da Cerca in Alter do Chão, Portalegre Câmara Municipal de Alter do Chão, Portugal , Portugal
2017/08/28 - 2017/09/08 Participation as a volunteer in the archaeological excavation work carried out at Castelo de Silves, Faro Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/08/24 - 2015/09/03 Participation as a volunteer in the archaeological excavation work carried out at Castelo de Silves, Faro Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2014/07/14 - 2014/07/24 Participation as a volunteer in the archaeological excavation work carried out in Ribat da Arrifana in Aljezur, Faro Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/07/15 - 2013/07/27 Participation as a volunteer in the archaeological excavation work carried out in São Miguel de Fetal, Viseu Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Portugal
2012/08/20 - 2012/08/31 Participation as a volunteer in the archaeological excavation work carried out in the Islamic Quarter of Mértola, Beja Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, Portugal
2012/07/30 - 2012/08/11 Participation as a volunteer in the archaeological survey carried out under the LAPA project in Arraiolos, Évora Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2011/08/22 - 2011/09/02 Participation as a volunteer in the archaeological work carried out at the Roman Villa of Monte da Chaminé in Ferreira do Alentejo, Beja Câmara Municipal de Ferreira do Alentejo, Portugal , Portugal
2011/07/18 - 2011/07/31 Participation as a volunteer in the archaeological works carried out in the Roman Necropolis of Outeiro do Mouro in Fronteira, Portalegre Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/11 - 2022/08 The Organization of the Territory in the Southwest of the Gharb Al-Andalus - rural settlement and fortified landscapes in the kura of Alcácer do Sal
COVID/BD/151702/2021
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/09 - 2021/09 The Organization of the Territory in the Southwest of the Gharb Al-Andalus - rural settlement and fortified landscapes in the kura of Alcácer do Sal
SFRH/BD/117606/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 FCT- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2019 - 2021 PIPA - PREPF-AS - A Organização do Território no Sudoeste do Gharb Al -Andalus – povoamento rural e paisagens fortificadas na kura de Alcácer do Sal
PREPF-AS
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de História, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Leitão, Marta. A Presença Islâmica em al-Qasr (Alcácer do Sal): urbanismo, quotidianos e cultura material. Germany: Novas Edições Acadêmicas. 2017.
    Published
  2. Leitão, Marta. A Presença Islâmica em al-Qasr (Alcácer do Sal): o território e o sistema defensivo. Germany: Novas Edições Acadêmicas. 2017.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. "O Castelo de Vale de Trigo (Alcácer do Sal): dados das intervenções arqueológicas". In Arqueologia em Portugal: 2023- Estado da Questão, 1047-1060. Lisboa, Portugal: Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses/ CEAACP, CEIS20 e IA-FLUC, 2023.
    Published
  2. Leitão, Marta. "O Sistema Defensivo Islâmico do Território de Alcácer do Sal - Abordagem Preliminar". In O Território e a Gestão dos Recursos entre a Antiguidade Tardia e o Período Islâmico, 437-459. Granada, Spain: Nakla Colección de Arqueología y Patrimonio, 2020.
    Published
  3. Leitão, Marta. "O armazenamento e a gestão dos recursos nas cidades do Gharb al-Andalus - o exemplo de Alcácer do Sal". In Abastecer a Cidade na Europa Medieval, 449-464. Portugal: IEM-Instituto de Estudos Medievais/Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide, 2020.
    Published
  4. Leitão, Marta. "La cerámica islámica de Alcácer do Sal. Del emirato al reino aftasí de Badajoz". In La Granada zirí y el universo beréber, 162-173. Granada, Spain: Patronato De La Alhambra y Generalife, 2019.
    Published
  5. Leitão, Marta. "O Castelo de Alcácer do Sal. Da fortificação islâmica às transformações ocorridas durante o domínio cristão". In Espaços e Poderes na Europa Urbana Medieval, 617-640. Portugal: IEM-Instituto de Estudos Medievais/Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide, 2018.
    Published
  6. Leitão, Marta. "O povoamento rural islâmico na kura de Alcácer do Sal: breve análise da toponímia". In Arqueologia em Portugal: 2017- Estado da Questão, 1405-1416. Portugal: Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses, 2017.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. "O Povoamento Emiral da Kura de Al-Qasr (Alcácer do Sal, Portugal)". al-Andalus Magreb 31 (2025): https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/aam.
    Open access • In press
  2. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. "The Islamic Watchtower of Murta (Alcácer do Sal): Results of Archaeological Work (2020 - 2022)". Journal of Islamic Archaeology 11 1 (2025): https://journal.equinoxpub.com/index.php/JIA/index.
    In press
  3. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. "Aldeia/Alcaria de São Martinho da Bemposta (Casebres, Alcácer do Sal)". Al-Madan 26 (2023): 51-57. https://almadan.publ.pt/AdendaElectronica%20(geral).htm.
    Published
  4. Marta Leitão. "A cidade de Alcácer do Sal durante o emirato e o califado de Córdova". digitAR – Revista Digital de Arqueologia, Arquitectura e Artes 8 (2022): 242-253. https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/digitar/issue/view/761.
    Published • 10.14195/2182-844X_8
  5. Leitão, Marta. "A Comunidade Muçulmana de Alcácer do Sal durante a Idade Média". Al-Madan 23 (2020): 150-156. https://issuu.com/almadan/docs/ao23-1.
    Published
  6. Leitão, Marta. "O Povoamento Rural Islâmico no al-Andalus – Estado da investigação". Anales de Arqueología Cordobesa 29 (2018): 293-318. https://www.uco.es/ucopress/ojs/index.php/anarcor/issue/view/936/showToc.
    Published
  7. Leitão, Marta. "As fortificações da barra do Sado nos séculos XVI e XVII". anuário do património: boas práticas de conservação e reabilitação 3 (2018): 46-51. https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2182-522X.
    Published
  8. Leitão, Marta. "O Uso da Taipa Militar nas Fortificações Muçulmanas do Actual Território Português". Al-Madan 21 (2017): 113-119. http://www.almadan.publ.pt/AdendaElectronica%20%28geral%29.htm.
    Published
  9. Leitão, Marta. "Alcácer do Sal Durante o Período Muçulmano (IX-XIII)". Debates de Arqueología Medieval 6 (2016): 209-234. http://www.arqueologiamedievaldebates.com/articulo-118/alcacer-do-sal-durante-o-periodo-mu%C3%A7ulmano-(ix-xiii).
    Published
  10. Leitão, Marta. "Estudo de espólio cerâmico proveniente do interior de uma habitação almóada da alcáçova de Alcácer do Sal". Arqueología y Territorio Medieval 23 (2016): 23-39. https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/ATM/article/view/3199.
    Published
  11. Leitão, Marta. "A Fortificação Abaluartada da Praça de Setúbal: a evolução construtiva vista a partir da iconografia". Al-Madan 21, tomo I (2016): 144-158. http://www.almadan.publ.pt/AdendaElectronica%20(geral).htm.
    Published
  12. Leitão, Marta. "A Porta Muçulmana da Alcáçova de Alcácer do Sal". Al-Madan 20 (2016): 80-85. http://www.almadan.publ.pt/AdendaElectronica%20%28geral%29.htm.
    Published
Report
  1. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. 2024. Projeto de Remodelação de Edifício para Habitação na Travessa do Rato, 1, 3 e 5, em Alcácer do Sal: Relatório Final do Acompanhamento arqueológico e sondagem de diagnóstico.
  2. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. 2022. Relatório Final do Projecto Plurianual de Investigação em Arqueologia: PREPF-AS/ 2019-2021 - A Organização do Território no Sudoeste do Gharb Al-Andalus: povoamento rural e paisagens fortificadas na kura de Alcácer do Sal.
  3. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. 2022. Relatório dos trabalhos arqueológicos realizados em Vale de Trigo 2 (Alcácer do Sal) no âmbito do Projecto Plurianual de Investigação em Arqueologia: PREPF-AS/ 2019-2021 - A Organização do Território no Sudoeste do Gharb Al-Andalus: povoamento rural e paisagens fortificadas na kura de Alcácer do Sal.
  4. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. 2022. Relatório Final dos Trabalhos Arqueológicos realizados em São Lourenço (Alcácer do Sal) no âmbito do Projecto Plurianual de Investigação em Arqueologia: PREPF-AS/ 2019-2021 - A Organização do Território no Sudoeste do Gharb Al-Andalus: povoamento rural e paisagens fortificadas na kura de Alcácer do Sal.
  5. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. 2020. Relatório de progresso relativo ao 1º ano do Projecto Plurianual de Investigação em Arqueologia: PREPF-AS/ 2019-2021 - A Organização do Território no Sudoeste do Gharb Al-Andalus: povoamento rural e paisagens fortificadas na kura de Alcácer do Sal.
  6. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. 2020. Relatório dos trabalhos arqueológicos realizados na Atalaia de Murta (Comporta) no âmbito do Projecto Plurianual de Investigação em Arqueologia: PREPF-AS/ 2019-2021 - A Organização do Território no Sudoeste do Gharb Al-Andalus: povoamento rural e paisagens fortificadas na kura de Alcácer do Sal. https://arqueologia.patrimoniocultural.pt/index.php?sid=trabalhos&subsid=3549707.
  7. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. 2020. Relatório dos trabalhos arqueológicos realizados na Atalaia de Abul (Monte Novo de Palma) no âmbito do Projecto Plurianual de Investigação em Arqueologia: PREPF-AS/ 2019-2021 - A Organização do Território no Sudoeste do Gharb Al-Andalus: povoamento rural e paisagens fortificadas na kura de Alcácer do Sal. https://arqueologia.patrimoniocultural.pt/index.php?sid=trabalhos&subsid=3531470.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "A Organização do Território no Sudoeste do Gharb Al-Andalus - povoamento rural e paisagens fortificadas na kura de Alcácer do Sal". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/155586.
  2. Leitão, Marta Isabel Caetano. "A Presença islâmica em al-Qasr : uma análise sobre o urbanismo e o sistema defensivo". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/17511.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/22 The Castle of Vale de Trigo (Alcácer do Sal): Data from Archaeological Interventions
Portuguese Archaeologists Association (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/10/11 The storage and management of resources in the cities of the Gharb al-Andalus - the example of Alcácer do Sal IV International Conference on the Middle Ages: Provisioning Medieval European Towns
IEM - Instituto de Estudos Medievais / Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide (Castelo de Vide, Portugal)
2019/05/11 The Islamic Defensive System of the Territory of Alcácer do Sal - A preliminary approach International Meeting: The Territory and the Management of Resources between Late Antiquity and the Islamic Period
Campo Arqueológico de Mértola (Mértola, Portugal)
2018/10/11 The Muslim Community of Alcácer do Sal in the Christian Post-Reconquest - spaces, relations and daily life III International Conference on the Middle Agess - Inclusion and Exclusion in Medieval Urban Europe
IEM - Instituto de Estudos Medievais / Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide (Castelo de Vide, Portugal)
2017/11/22 The Islamic rural settlement in the Kura of Alcácer do Sal: brief analysis of toponymy II Congress of the Association of Portuguese Archaeologists
Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses / Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/10/05 The Castle of Alcácer do Sal. From Islamic fortification to transformations during the Christian domain II International Conference on the Middle Ages - Space and Power in Medieval Urban Europe
IEM - Instituto de Estudos Medievais / Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide (Castelo de Vide, Portugal)
2016/11/04 The city of Alcácer do Sal during the Emirate and Caliphate of Córdoba IX Meeting of Archeology of the Peninsular Southwest
MAEDS / Universidad de Huelva / Universidad Autonoma de Madrid / Câmara Municipal de Palmela (Troia-Setúbal, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2013/11/20 - 2013/11/24 Participation as a volunteer in the organization of the 1st Congress of the Association of Portuguese Archaeologists, held at the National Library of Portugal, between the 20th and 24th of November 2013. (2013/11/21 - 2013/11/23)
Congress (Other)

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - 2024 Proceedings of the XIV JIA Conference - Young Researchers in Archaeological Research Conference