Upon the mention of underwater archaeology one's
mind drifts to shipwrecks and sunken cargo lying on
the seafloor. There are however other underwater sites
besides shipwrecks and some of these sites are not
necessarily in the sea. Since 2006, the Department of
Classics and Archaeology of the University of Malta
together with California Polytechnic (CALPOLY)
University from the USA have conducted an innovative
project exploring wells, cisterns and water galleries in
both Malta and Gozo. This project has a number of
aims. Primarily, the intention of this survey is to create
a record of the various systems and features used for
water management in the past. The second aim (but
no less important) is to train computer engineering
students in robotics and control engineering. The
project co-directors are Dr Timmy Gambin from the
University of Malta and Professor Chris Clark from
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