Lisbeth Margaret Thoms

Lisbeth Thoms completed a social sciences degree at the University of Edinburgh in 1969^[3] and then completed a diploma in archaeology at the University of Durham in 1970.^[4] She joined Dundee Museums in 1972 as an archaeologist, becoming Depute Curator of Museums and latterly Head of Heritage Services and Dundee City Council and then in 1996 became a freelance heritage and archaeology consultant.^[2][5]

Lisbeth Thoms became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1968, serving as president from 2002 to 2005,^[2] and was elected as an Honorary Fellow in 2018.^[6] In 1976, she was a founder member of the Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee and served as a member of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and of the Advisory Panel on Treasure Trove.^[3] In 2008 she was awarded an MBE for services to conservation in Scotland.^[1]

Thoms, L. M. and Stratford P Halliday (2014). ‘Survey and excavation at two prehistoric hut-circles in Tulloch Field, Enochdhu, Strathardle, Perthshire; with an evaluation of their research and regional contexts’, Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee, 1–19

Thoms, L. M. (2005). Hidden depths: thirty years of archaeology in Scottish towns. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 134, 7–15.

Thoms, L. M. (1983). Trial excavation at-St Ann's Lane, Perth. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 112, 437–454.

Thoms, L. M. (1977). The Archaeology of Industrial Scotland. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press