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'''Clive S. Gamble''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FSA|FRAI|FBA|size=100%|sep=,}} (born 1951) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[archaeologist]] and [[anthropologist]]. He has been described as the "UK’s foremost archaeologist investigating our
'''Clive Stephen Gamble''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FSA|FRAI|FBA|size=100%|sep=,}} (born 1951) is a British [[archaeologist]] and [[anthropologist]]. He has been described as the "UK’s foremost archaeologist investigating our
earliest ancestors."<ref name="govt">[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/77669/PA_profclivegamble.pdf UK Government announcement of appointment]</ref>
earliest ancestors."<ref name="govt">[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/77669/PA_profclivegamble.pdf UK Government announcement of appointment]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Gamble was born in 1951. He was educated at [[Brighton College]], a [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private school]] in [[Brighton]], England. He studied at [[Jesus College, Cambridge]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) degree in 1972: as per tradition, bi BA was promoted to a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|Master of Arts]] (MA Cantab) degree in 1975. Remaining at Jesus College, he studied for a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (PhD) degree which he completed in 1978.<ref name="WW 2020">{{cite web |title=Gamble, Prof. Clive Stephen, (born 10 March 1951), Professor of Archaeology, University of Southampton, 2011–16, now Emeritus |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U41461 |website=[[Who's Who 2020]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=16 June 2021 |language=en |date=1 December 2019}}</ref> His [[doctoral thesis]] was titled "Animal Communities and their Relationship to Prehistoric Economies in Western Europe".<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Gamble |first1=C. S. |title=Animal Communities and their Relationship to Prehistoric Economies in Western Europe. |url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.456176 |website=E-Thesis Online Service |publisher=The British Library Board |access-date=16 June 2021 |date=1978|type=Ph.D }}</ref>


==Academic career==
==Academic career==
From 1975 to 1979, Gamble was an [[experimental officer]] in [[archaeology]] at the [[University of Southampton]].<ref name="govt" /> In 1979, he became a lecturer in [[archaeology]].<ref name="FBA" /> He was promoted to [[Professor]] in 1996. In 1999 he founded the Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins at Southampton.<ref name="govt" />
From 1975 to 1979, Gamble was an [[experimental officer]] in [[archaeology]] at the [[University of Southampton]].<ref name="govt" /> In 1979, he became a lecturer in [[archaeology]].<ref name="FBA" /> He was promoted to [[Professor]] in 1996. In 1999 he founded the Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins at Southampton.<ref name="govt" />


In 2004 Gamble was appointed to a Research Professorship in the Centre for Quaternary Research at [[Royal Holloway College]], in the [[University of London]].<ref name="caho">{{Cite web |url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/caho/People/clive.html |title=CAHO biography |access-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227130121/https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/caho/People/clive.html |archive-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He subsequently returned to Southampton as a Professor in the Department of Archaeology in 2011.<ref name="caho" /> In 2015 he was a Trustee of the [[British Museum]].<ref>[https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/management/trustees.aspx The British Museum Trustees], British Museum, accessed 31 March 2015</ref>
In 2004 Gamble was appointed to a Research Professorship in the Centre for Quaternary Research at [[Royal Holloway College]], in the [[University of London]].<ref name="caho">{{Cite web |url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/caho/People/clive.html |title=CAHO biography |access-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227130121/https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/caho/People/clive.html |archive-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He subsequently returned to Southampton as a professor in the Department of Archaeology in 2011.<ref name="caho" /> In 2015 he was a Trustee of the [[British Museum]].<ref>[https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/management/trustees.aspx The British Museum Trustees], British Museum, accessed 31 March 2015</ref> He retired from Southampton in 2017 and was appointed an [[emeritus professor]].<ref name="FBA 22">{{cite web |title=Professor Clive Gamble FBA |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/clive-gamble-FBA/ |website=The British Academy |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>


===Research and Positions===
===Research and Positions===
Gamble's main research interests are the archaeology of human origins, the social life of the earliest humans and the timing of their global colonisation.<ref name="southdept">[https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/about/staff/cg6g11.page#background Southampton Dept of Archaeology biography]</ref>
Gamble's main research interests are the archaeology of human origins, the social life of the earliest humans and the timing of their global colonisation.<ref name="southdept">[https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/about/staff/cg6g11.page#background Southampton Dept of Archaeology biography]</ref>


Gamble is a Trustee of the [[British Museum]] (August 2010-August 2014),<ref name="govt" /> Fellow of the [[British Academy]], Fellow and Vice President of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]] and Fellow and, from 2011-2014, President of the [[Royal Anthropological Institute]].<ref name="southdept" /> He received the [[Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland#Rivers Memorial Medal|Rivers Memorial Medal]] from the Royal Anthropological Institute in 2005.<ref>[http://www.therai.org.uk/awards/honours-prior-recipients/rivers-memorial-medal-prior-recipients/ List of recipients of Rivers Memorial medal]</ref> In 2002 he presented ''Where Do We Come From?'', a six-part documentary screened on [[Channel Five (UK)|Channel Five]].<ref name="hominid">{{cite book|last=Gamble|first=C|title=Hominid Individual in Context|year=2005|page=xiv}}</ref>
Gamble is a Trustee of the [[British Museum]] (August 2010-August 2014),<ref name="govt" /> Fellow of the [[British Academy]], Fellow and Vice President of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]] and Fellow and, from 2011 to 2014, President of the [[Royal Anthropological Institute]].<ref name="southdept" /> He received the [[Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland#Rivers Memorial Medal|Rivers Memorial Medal]] from the Royal Anthropological Institute in 2005.<ref>[http://www.therai.org.uk/awards/honours-prior-recipients/rivers-memorial-medal-prior-recipients/ List of recipients of Rivers Memorial medal]</ref> In 2002 he presented ''Where Do We Come From?'', a six-part documentary screened on [[Channel Five (UK)|Channel Five]].<ref name="hominid">{{cite book|last=Gamble|first=C|title=Hominid Individual in Context|year=2005|page=xiv}}</ref>
In 2000 his book ''The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe'' won the [[Society for American Archaeology]] Book Award.<ref name="hominid" />
In 2000 his book ''The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe'' won the [[Society for American Archaeology]] Book Award.<ref name="hominid" />


Gamble is currently part of the [[Natural Environment Research Council|NERC]]-sponsored team that is looking to date key evolutionary events in Europe over the last 60,000 years by dating deposits of volcanic ash. The events that the team is seeking to date includes the arrival of modern humans, the [[Neanderthal]] extinction, and the post-[[Ice Age]] re-colonisation of northern Europe approximately 16,000 years ago by the direct ancestors of most modern Europeans.<ref name="caho" />
Gamble is currently part of the [[Natural Environment Research Council|NERC]]-sponsored team that is looking to date key evolutionary events in Europe over the last 60,000 years by dating deposits of volcanic ash. The events that the team is seeking to date includes the arrival of modern humans, the [[Neanderthal]] extinction, and the post-[[Last Glacial Period|Ice Age]] re-colonisation of northern Europe approximately 16,000 years ago by the direct ancestors of most modern Europeans.<ref name="caho" />


Gamble was a co-director on the British Academy Centenary project (2003-2010) ''Lucy to language: The archaeology of the social brain'' <ref name="caho" />
Gamble was a co-director on the British Academy Centenary project (2003-2010) ''Lucy to language: The archaeology of the social brain'' <ref name="caho" />
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==Selected works==
==Selected works==
*Gamble, C. 2021 ''Making Deep History: Zeal, Perseverance, and the Time Revolution of 1859''. Oxford University Press.
*Dunbar, R., Gamble, C. and Gowlett, J. 2014 ''Lucy to Language: The Benchmark Papers''. Oxford University Press.
*Dunbar, R., Gamble, C. and Gowlett, J. 2014 ''Lucy to Language: The Benchmark Papers''. Oxford University Press.
*Gamble, C. 2013 ''Settling the earth: the archaeology of deep human history''. Cambridge University Press.
*Gamble, C. 2013 ''Settling the earth: the archaeology of deep human history''. Cambridge University Press.
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*Gamble, C. 2003 ''Timewalkers: The Prehistory of Global Colonization''. The History Press.
*Gamble, C. 2003 ''Timewalkers: The Prehistory of Global Colonization''. The History Press.
*Gamble, C. 1999 ''The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe''. Cambridge University Press.
*Gamble, C. 1999 ''The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe''. Cambridge University Press.
*Gamble, C. 1986 ''The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe''. Cambridge University Press.


==References==
==References==
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Professor
Clive Gamble
FSA FRAI FBA
Born1951 (age 72–73)
NationalityBritish
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology and anthropology
Sub-disciplineHuman origin
Neanderthals
Prehistory
Palaeolithic Era
Cognitive archaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Essex
University of Southampton
Royal Holloway, University of London

Clive Stephen Gamble, FSA, FRAI, FBA (born 1951) is a British archaeologist and anthropologist. He has been described as the "UK’s foremost archaeologist investigating our earliest ancestors."[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Gamble was born in 1951. He was educated at Brighton College, a private school in Brighton, England. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1972: as per tradition, bi BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree in 1975. Remaining at Jesus College, he studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree which he completed in 1978.[2] His doctoral thesis was titled "Animal Communities and their Relationship to Prehistoric Economies in Western Europe".[3]

Academic career[edit]

From 1975 to 1979, Gamble was an experimental officer in archaeology at the University of Southampton.[1] In 1979, he became a lecturer in archaeology.[4] He was promoted to Professor in 1996. In 1999 he founded the Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins at Southampton.[1]

In 2004 Gamble was appointed to a Research Professorship in the Centre for Quaternary Research at Royal Holloway College, in the University of London.[5] He subsequently returned to Southampton as a professor in the Department of Archaeology in 2011.[5] In 2015 he was a Trustee of the British Museum.[6] He retired from Southampton in 2017 and was appointed an emeritus professor.[7]

Research and Positions[edit]

Gamble's main research interests are the archaeology of human origins, the social life of the earliest humans and the timing of their global colonisation.[8]

Gamble is a Trustee of the British Museum (August 2010-August 2014),[1] Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow and Vice President of the Society of Antiquaries and Fellow and, from 2011 to 2014, President of the Royal Anthropological Institute.[8] He received the Rivers Memorial Medal from the Royal Anthropological Institute in 2005.[9] In 2002 he presented Where Do We Come From?, a six-part documentary screened on Channel Five.[10] In 2000 his book The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe won the Society for American Archaeology Book Award.[10]

Gamble is currently part of the NERC-sponsored team that is looking to date key evolutionary events in Europe over the last 60,000 years by dating deposits of volcanic ash. The events that the team is seeking to date includes the arrival of modern humans, the Neanderthal extinction, and the post-Ice Age re-colonisation of northern Europe approximately 16,000 years ago by the direct ancestors of most modern Europeans.[5]

Gamble was a co-director on the British Academy Centenary project (2003-2010) Lucy to language: The archaeology of the social brain [5]

Gamble led a fieldwork programme in Greece, which recorded and published all the evidence from field surveys for Palaeolithic and Mesolithic settlement undertaken there in the last 50 years.[5] This led to the publication of The Prehistoric Stones of Greece which provided the first overview of all stone tools discovered in Greece. There is no comparable overview elsewhere in Europe.[1]

Honours[edit]

On 26 November 1981, Gamble was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[11] In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[4] He is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute (FRAI).[12]

Selected works[edit]

  • Gamble, C. 2021 Making Deep History: Zeal, Perseverance, and the Time Revolution of 1859. Oxford University Press.
  • Dunbar, R., Gamble, C. and Gowlett, J. 2014 Lucy to Language: The Benchmark Papers. Oxford University Press.
  • Gamble, C. 2013 Settling the earth: the archaeology of deep human history. Cambridge University Press.
  • Boismier, W. A., Gamble, C. and Coward, F. (eds.) 2012 Neanderthals among mammoths: excavations at Lynford Quarry, Norfolk UK, English Heritage Monographs.
  • Dunbar, R., Gamble, C. and Gowlett, J. (eds.) 2010 Social brain, distributed mind, Oxford University Press. Proceedings of the British Academy 158.
  • Gamble, C. S. 2007. Origins and revolutions: human identity in earliest prehistory. Cambridge University Press.
  • Gamble, C. 2007 Archaeology: the basics. 2nd edition. Routledge.
  • Gamble, C. S., and M. Porr. (eds.) 2005. The individual hominid in context: archaeological investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts. Routledge.
  • Gamble, C. 2003 Timewalkers: The Prehistory of Global Colonization. The History Press.
  • Gamble, C. 1999 The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe. Cambridge University Press.
  • Gamble, C. 1986 The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe. Cambridge University Press.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e UK Government announcement of appointment
  2. ^ "Gamble, Prof. Clive Stephen, (born 10 March 1951), Professor of Archaeology, University of Southampton, 2011–16, now Emeritus". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. ^ Gamble, C. S. (1978). Animal Communities and their Relationship to Prehistoric Economies in Western Europe. E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library Board. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "GAMBLE, Professor Clive". Fellows Directory. The British Academy. Retrieved 4 June 2016.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b c d e "CAHO biography". Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ^ The British Museum Trustees, British Museum, accessed 31 March 2015
  7. ^ "Professor Clive Gamble FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  8. ^ a b Southampton Dept of Archaeology biography
  9. ^ List of recipients of Rivers Memorial medal
  10. ^ a b Gamble, C (2005). Hominid Individual in Context. p. xiv.
  11. ^ "Gamble". Fellows Directory. Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Clive Gamble". Directory of Fellows. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

External links[edit]

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