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Malin Holst
Lecturer in Osteoarchaeology

Biography

Malin Holst joined the Department of Archaeology in 2003 and is a Senior Lecturer in Osteoarchaeology. Malin focuses on demography, palaeopathology and funerary practices in Britain to develop a better insight into health, diet, migration and cultural practices in the past. Malin's research interests include peri-mortem trauma and evidence for stress in populations from the early Neoltihic to the early 21st century.
Malin has worked in archaeology since 1987, including at high-profile sites such as the Raunds Area Project, Sutton Hoo and the Battle of Towton mass grave. Malin completed an HND in Practical Archaeology at the Dorset Institute of Higher Education, a BA in Archaeology at the University of Leicester and an MSc in Osteology, Palaeopathology and Funerary Archaeology at the Universities of Bradford and Sheffield.
 
Malin combines her lectureship at the University of York with her role as the managing director of York Osteoarchaeology, which specialises in the excavation, analysis and reporting of human remains. She is thus at the cutting edge of commercial archaeology and has an up-to-date understanding of the law affecting archaeology, current practices and projects, as well as generating further research on recently excavated skeletal populations. Her commercial role is also helpful in her departmental position as Archaeological Careers Officers, helping students to gain employment in the commercial archaeological sector.
 
Malin is a director of the Federation of Archaeological Managers and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

Human bones specialist Malin Holst

Contact details

Malin Holst
Lecturer
Department of Archaeology
PalaeoHub
University of York
Wentworth Way
Heslington
York YO10 5DD

Tel: +44 (0)1904 326355 / +44 (0)1759 368483 / +44 7803 800806