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Welcome to Microfossil Research (email: info@microfossilrersearch.com)
Microfossil Research Ltd is a consulting and research company specializing in the identification and interpretation of microscopic plant material.
As well as promoting our services, a primary aim of this website is to provide a reference for publications relating to research we have been involved in.
Dr Mark Horrocks
Director
Xylem cells of elephant yam
Starch grains of potato viewed
in cross-polarized light
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Recent Publications
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Tracing the history of Māori horticulture and dogs (Canis familiaris) at two volcanic cone maunga pā, Auckland, New Zealand using microfossil and 14C analyses |
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Microfossil starch provides the first evidence for introduced taro (Colocasia esculenta) on the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, commencing c. 1800 cal. BP |
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Updated microfossil and 14C analyses of Ifugao Rice Terraces, Philippine Cordilleras, reveal early taro and rice cultivation, and new parasite discoveries |
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Using pollen in turbidites for vegetation reconstructions |
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A new parasite discovery in Micronesia: Eggs of the nematode Toxocara canis at archaeological sites on Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands extend the known dog presence by c. 600 years |
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Palynological, tephra, and 14C records from southern Kaitoke, Great Barrier (Aotea) Island, New Zealand, since c. 30,000 cal. yr BP |
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A new discovery from Māori archaeological sites on Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, reveals a widely distributed, commensal dog parasite |
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New dog parasite (Toxocara canis) discoveries at Melanesian and Polynesian sites in tropical Remote Oceania |
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Introduced Māori cultigens and intestinal parasites found in microfossil records from Taranaki, New Zealand |
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Plant microfossils and parasites from Palliser Bay stone garden systems, New Zealand, reveal Māori translocations and helminthiasis |
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