David Wynn Williams (1949–9 December 2017) was a British archaeologist.

Career

Williams initially attended the Reigate School of Art, Design and Media and used his experience in graphic design to work as an archaeological illustrator, including drawing Native American and South American artefacts for the

Museum of Mankind Ethnography at the British Museum describes how ethnography has developed at the British Museum. Within the Department of Natural History and Curiosities The ethnographical collection was originally linked to the Department of Natural History an ...

. He was a long-time member of the Surrey Archaeological Society (SAS) and the Weald and Downland Metal Detecting Club and took part in numerous excavations throughout Britain and Europe, including at the Roman temple complex at

Wanborough, Surrey Wanborough () is a rural village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Surrey approximately 4 miles (6 km) west of Guildford on the northern slopes of the Hog's Back. Wanborough lies between Puttenham, Surrey, Puttenham and Norma ...

and

Betchworth Betchworth is a village and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England. The village centre is on the north bank of the River Mole and south of the A25 road, almost east of Dorking and west of Reigate. London is north of the ...

. He was elected as a Fellow of the

Society of Antiquaries of London The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society of historians and archaeologists in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1707, received its royal charter in 1751 and is a Charitable organization, registered charity. It is based ...

in April 1998. Williams took up the role of Find Liaison Officer for Surrey with the

Portable Antiquities Scheme The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme began in 1997 and now covers ...

in 2003 (latterly also for East Berkshire). He stayed in this role until he died unexpectedly at home on 9 December 2017. A memorial conference was held in his honour by the Surrey Archaeological Society on 9 February 2019. An edited volume of papers was published in his honour in 2022, titled ''Back in the bag: Essays exploring artefacts in honour of David Wynn Williams''.

Select publications

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References

1949 births 2017 deaths Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London 21st-century British archaeologists 20th-century British archaeologists People associated with the Portable Antiquities Scheme {{UK-archaeologist-stub