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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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New microfossil approaches and multi-proxy analysis reveal precontact Polynesian plant translocations and use, Marquesas Islands |
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Archaeology and the emergence of customary resource management in southern Vanuatu |
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Plant microfossil and 14C analysis of archaeological features at Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand: Evidence for regional Māori use of introduced and indigenous plants |
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Pollen and phytoliths in archaeological features from North Island, New Zealand, reveal landscape disturbance and cultivation of Polynesian introduced Cordyline cf. fruticosa |
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A plant and parasite record of a midden on Auckland Isthmus, New Zealand, reveals large scale landscape disturbance, Māori introduced cultigens, and helminthiasis |
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Botanical remains of the last 1800 years from Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati, reveal ancient aroid (Cyrtosperma merkusii and Colocasia esculenta) pit cultivation and other cultigens |
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