Dr Dav Smith
Lecturer in Buildings Archaeology
Profile
Biography
Dav Smith is a buildings archaeologist specialising in the recording and analysis of standing structures.
Dav read Medieval History (2000) at the University of Melbourne, Australia, before travelling extensively through Europe. After settling in the UK, Dav discovered a passion for built heritage while working at Bournemouth University, which prompted a move to the University of York where he completed first the MA Archaeology of Buildings (2009) then a PhD (2014) focused on the Victorian rebuilding and restoration of parish churches in Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
Dav works as a commercial buildings archaeology for Maybank Buildings Conservation, having previously worked at Historic England. His research interests include: survey and recording methodologies, church archaeology, Victorian restoration and rebuilding, conservation philosophy, and heritage legislation and management.
