About Us

Dave Lawrence BSc (Hons) MSc FSA Scot

 
A professional archaeologist with many years digging experience all over the UK including major excavations in Orkney, and has also acted as Site Director.

Now a specialist osteoarchaeologist, he gained both his BSc (Hons) in Archaeological Sciences and his MSc with distinction in Human Osteoarchaeology and Palaeopathology from the University of Bradford.

He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and is currently concentrating on his PhD, working on a collaborative project between the Orkney Museum and the University of Bradford, researching osteoarchaeological aspects of the Neolithic population of Orkney.

Dave is also a freelance archaeologist and osteoarchaeologist. He qualified as an STGA accredited Orkney Tourist Guide in 2005.

Our company history:

We established Orkney Archaeology Tours in April 2006 after identifying a gap in the market for specialist high quality archaeology tours of Orkney.

The seeds of the idea were sown by a project in the 'Archaeology & Tourism' module that Caz took as part of her Master's degree - the assignment was to analyse the worldwide archaeological tourism market and suggest Orkney applications.

We have gone from strength to strength and are thoroughly enjoying introducing our guests to the archaeology, culture, history and wildlife of Orkney.