Senior Lecturer, Classics and Archeology
Dr Timmy Gambin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta, from where he obtained a B.A. in History. Following undergraduate studies, he went on to attain an M.A. in Maritime Archaeology and History at the University of Bristol in the UK where he continued his postgraduate studies by reading for a doctorate in Maritime Archaeology. Since 2001, he has been a visiting lecturer at the department and took up the post of Senior Lecturer in Maritime Archaeology in spring of 2012.
Over the past years, he has been involved in numerous collaborative research projects. The PaleoMed Project with the CNRS (Aix en Provence) is aimed at the reconstruction of ancient coastal landscapes and environments of the Maltese Islands. The multidisciplinary approach sees archaeologists working together with geomorphologists and palynologists. The Ancient Cisterns Project with CalPoly (USA) explores underground water management systems through the use of small remote operated vehicles armed with a variety of sensors. Together with a number of local partners and authorities, he also directed numerous offshore underwater surveys in various parts of the Mediterranean including Spain, Italy and Croatia.
Dr Gambin has recently edited and published a volume of essays related to the Maltese Islands and the Sea.
Research interest: use of technologies for underwater exploration, Aviation Archaeology Underwater, Coastal reconstruction, archaeology of ancient ports and trade, Historical Archaeology, Maritime traditions of the Mediterranean
Selected Publications:
- Gambin,B., Andrieu-Ponel, V., Médail, F., Marriner, N., Peyron, O., Montade, V., Gambin, T., Morhange, C., Belkacem, D., Djamali, M. 2016 “7300 years of vegetation history and climate for NW Malta: a Holocene perspective” CLimate pf the Past, vol.12 pp. 273-297
- Drap P., Merad, D., Hijazi B., Gaoua L., Nawaf, M. M., Saccone, M., Chemisky, B., Seinturier, J., Sourisseau, J. C., Gambin, T., Castro, F. 2015 “Underwater Photogrammetry and Object Modeling: A Case Study of Xlendi Wreck in Malta“, Sensors, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 30351-30384
- Marriner, N., Gambin, T., Djamali, M., Morhange, C. & Spiteri, M. 2012, “Geoarchaeology of the Burmarrad ria and early Holocene human impacts in western Malta “, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 339-341, no. 3, pp. 52–65.
- Gambin, T., Clark, C. (et al) 2010, “The Malta Cistern Mapping Project: Underwater Robot Mapping and Localization within Ancient Tunnel Systems“, Journal of Field Robotics, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 399–411.
- Gambin, T. 2004, “Gambin, T. (2004) Ports and port structures for ancient Malta“, La structure des ports anciens et des points d’abordage, Rome, Italy – April 2004, ed. Gallina Zevi, A. and Turchetti, R., Rubettino Editore, Italy, 2004, pp. 159.
- Gambin, T. 2004, “Islands of the Middle Sea: an archaeology of a coastline“, Le contexte physique et territorial des ports anciens et des points d’abordages, Alicante, Spain, ed. De Maria, L. and Turchetti, R., Rubettino Editore, Italy, 2003, pp. 127.
- Gambin, T. 2004, “Malta and the Mediterranean shipping lanes in the Middle Ages“, Rotte e porti del Mediterrane dopo la caduta dell’impero Romano d’ccidente, eds. L. De Maria & R. Turchetti, Rubettino, Italy, 2004, pp. 115.
- Brebbia, C. and Gambin, T. (ed) 2003, Maritime Heritage, 1st edn, WIT Press, United.
- Gambin, T. 2003, “Chapels and Navigation in Medieval Gozo“, SOMA 2002-Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology Proceedings of the 6th Annual Meeting of Postgraduate Researchers, ed. Brysbaert et al (eds.), Archaeopress, Oxford, 2002, pp. 35.