Publications

In Press

• Sediment, soil and plant microfossil analysis of Maori gardens at Anaura Bay, eastern North Island, New Zealand: comparison with descriptions made in 1769 by Captain Cook’s expedition
  Horrocks M, Smith IWG, Nichol SL, Wallace R. Journal of Archaeological Science.
• Palynology: its position in the field of forensic science
  Walsh KW, Horrocks M. Journal of Forensic Sciences.

Published

• Plant microfossils in prehistoric archaeological deposits from Yuku rock shelter, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
  Horrocks M, Bulmer S, Gardner RO. 2008. Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 290-301.
• Introduced taro (Colocasia esculenta) and yams (Dioscorea spp.) in Podtanean (2700-1800 yr BP) deposits from Mé Auré Cave (WMD007), Moindou, New Caledonia
  Horrocks M, Grant-Mackie J, Matisoo-Smith E. 2008. Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 169-180.
• Plant microfossil analysis of coprolites of the critically endangered kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) parrot from New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Salter J, Braggins J, Nichol S, Moorhouse R, Elliott G. 2008. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 149, 229-245.
• Field survey, sedimentology and plant microfossil analysis of sediment cores from possible cultivation sites at Tolaga Bay, eastern North Island, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Smith IWG, Nichol SL, Shane PA, Jackman G. 2008. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 38, 131-147.
• Plant microfossil analysis reveals disturbed forest and a mixed-crop, dryland production system at Te Niu, Easter Island
  Horrocks M, Wozniak JA. 2008. Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 126-142.
• Foraminiferal record of ecological impact of deforestation and oyster farms, Mahurangi Harbour, New Zealand
  Grenfell HR, Hayward BW, Horrocks M. 2007. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 58, 1-17.
• A short note on starch and xylem of Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato) in archaeological deposits from northern New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Campbell M, Gumbley W. 2007. Journal of Archaeological Science 34, 1441-1448.
• Late Quaternary environments, vegetation and agriculture in northern New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Nichol SL, Augustinus PC, Barber IG. 2007. Journal of Quaternary Science 22, 267-279.
• A Late Quaternary record of natural change and human impact from Rangihoua Bay, Bay of Islands, northern New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Nichol SL, D’Costa DM, Augustinus P, Jacobi T, Shane PA, Middleton A. 2007. Journal of Coastal Research 23, 592-604.
• A discontinuous Late Cenozoic vegetation record from a maar in Auckland, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Nichol SL, Mildenhall DC, Lawlor I. 2007. New Zealand Geographer 63, 5-17.
• Evidence for introduced taro (Colocasia esculenta) and lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) in Lapita-era (c. 3050-2500 cal. yr BP) deposits from Bourewa, southwest Viti Levu Island, Fiji
  Horrocks M, Nunn PD. 2007. Journal of Archaeological Science 34, 739-748.
• A Holocene record of gradual, catastrophic and human-influenced sedimentation from a backbarrier wetland, northern New Zealand
  Nichol SL, Lian OB, Horrocks M, Goff JR. 2007. Journal of Coastal Research 23, 605-617.
• Biological and geochemical record of anthropogenic impacts in recent sediments from Lake Pupuke, Auckland City, New Zealand
  Augustinus P, Reid, M, Andersson S, Deng Y, Horrocks M. 2006. Journal of Paleolimnology 35, 789-805.
• Modern pollen-vegetation relationships along transects on the Whangapoua Estuary, Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand
  Deng Y, Horrocks M, Ogden J, Anderson S. 2006. Journal of Biogeography 33, 592-608.
• Application of palynology to describe vegetation succession in estuarine wetlands on Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand
  Deng Y, Ogden J, Horrocks M, Anderson S. 2006. Journal of Vegetation Science 17, 765-782.
• Effect and timing of increased freshwater runoff into sheltered harbor environments around Auckland City, New Zealand
  Hayward BW, Grenfell HR, Sabaa AT, Morley MS, Horrocks M. 2006. Estuaries and Coasts 29, 165-182.
• Starch residues in a sediment core and earth oven
  Horrocks M. 2006. In: Torrence R, Barton H. (eds) Ancient starch research. Walnut Creek, California, Left Coast Press. P 176.
• Starch residues in coprolites
  Horrocks M. 2006. In: Torrence R, Barton H. (eds) Ancient starch research. Walnut Creek, California, Left Coast Press. P 78.
• Plant microfossil analysis of soils from Polynesian stonefields in South Auckland, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Lawlor I. 2006. Journal of Archaeological Science 33, 200-217.
• Analysis of plant microfossils in archaeological deposits from two remote archipelagos: the Marshall Islands, eastern Micronesia, and the Pitcairn Group, southeast Polynesia
  Horrocks M, Weisler MI. 2006. Pacific Science 60, 261-280.
• A short note on starch and xylem of Colocasia esculenta (taro) in archaeological deposits from Pitcairn Island, southeast Polynesia
  Horrocks M, Weisler MI. 2006. Journal of Archaeological Science 33, 1189-1193.
• Sequential impacts of Polynesian and European settlement on vegetation and environmental processes recorded in sediments at Whangapoua Estuary, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
  Ogden J, Deng Y, Horrocks M, Nichol S, Anderson S. 2006. Regional Environmental Change 6, 25-40.
• The Hamurana Road site, U15/9, Rotorua
  Campbell M, Horrocks M. 2005. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 27, 95-125.
• A combined procedure for recovering phytoliths and starch residues from soils, sedimentary deposits and similar materials
  Horrocks M. 2005. Journal of Archaeological Science 32, 1169-1175.
• Holocene vegetation, environment and tephra recorded from Lake Pupuke, Auckland
  Horrocks M, Augustinus P, Deng Y, Shane PA, Andersson S. 2005. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 48, 85-94.
• Microfossils of introduced starch cultigens from an early wetland ditch in New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Barber I. 2005. Archaeology in Oceania 40, 106-114.
• Microfossil analysis of Lapita deposits in Vanuatu reveals introduced Araceae (aroids)
  Horrocks M, Bedford S. 2005. Archaeology in Oceania 40, 67-74.
• Palaeo-environment and human impact in modifying vegetation at Mt St John, Auckland Isthmus, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Nichol SL, D’Costa DM, Shane PA, Prior C. 2005. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43, 211-221.
• Foraminiferal record of sewage outfall impacts on the inner Manukau Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
  Matthews A, Grenfell HR, Hayward BW, Horrocks M. 2005. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39, 193-215.
• Long-term dynamics of the long-lived conifer Libocedrus bidwillii after a volcanic eruption 2000 years ago
  Ogden J, Fordham RA, Horrocks M, Pilkington S, Serra RG. 2005. Journal of Vegetation Science 16, 321-330.
• The vegetation sequence at Whangapuoa Estuary, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
  Deng Y, Ogden J, Horrocks M, Anderson S. 2004. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42, 565-588.
• Foraminiferal record of human impact on intertidal estuarine environments in New Zealand's largest city
  Hayward BW, Grenfell HR, Nicholson K, Parker R, Wilmhurst J, Horrocks M, Swales A, Sabaa AT. 2004. Marine Micropalaeontology 53, 37-66.
• Polynesian plant subsistence in prehistoric New Zealand: a summary of the microfossil evidence
  Horrocks M. 2004. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42, 321-334.
• Sub-sampling and preparing forensic samples for pollen analysis
  Horrocks M. 2004. Journal of Forensic Sciences 49, 1024-1027.
• Analysis of plant microfossils in early European latrine fills from Russell, northern New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Best SB. International Journal of Historical Archaeology.
• Plant remains in coprolites: diet of a sub-alpine moa (Dinornithiformes) from southern New Zealand
  Horrocks M, D’Costa D, Wallace R, Gardner R, Kondo R. 2004. Emu 104, 149-156.
• Starch grains and xylem cells of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and bracken (Pteridium esculentum) in archaeological deposits from northern North Island, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Irwin GJ, Jones MD, Sutton DG. 2004. Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 251-258.
• Microbotanical remains reveal Polynesian agriculture and mixed cropping in early New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Shane PA, Barber IG, D’Costa DM, Nichol SL. 2004. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 131, 147-157.
• Evidence for diet, parasites, pollen, phytoliths, diatoms and starch grains in prehistoric coprolites from Kohika
  Irwin GJ, Horrocks M, Williams LJ, Hall HJ, McGlone MS, Nichol SL. 2004. In: Irwin GJ. (ed) Kohika: the archaeology of a late Maori lake village in the Ngati Awa rohe, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Auckland, University of Auckland Press. Pp 217-238.
• Analysis of sediments and plant remains from the find-spot of a cache of Polynesian gardening tools at Ruakaka, northern New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Best SB, Byrami M. 2003. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 23 (2001), 189-210.
• Stratigraphic palynology in porous soils in humid climates: an example from Pouerua, northern New Zealand
  Horrocks M, D’Costa D. 2003. Palynology 27, 23-33.
• Pollen, phytoliths and diatoms in prehistoric coprolites from Kohika, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Irwin GJ, McGlone MS, Nichol SL, Williams L. 2003. Journal of Archaeological Science 30, 13-20.
• An assessment of linear discriminant function analysis as a method of interpreting fossil pollen assemblages
  Horrocks M, Ogden J. 2003. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41, 293-299.
• A palynological study of Polynesian and European impacts on vegetation in Coromandel, New Zealand, showing the variability between four records from a single swamp
  Byrami M, Ogden J, Horrocks M, Deng Y, Shane P, Palmer J. 2002. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32, 507-531.
• A palaeo-environmental record of natural and human change from the Auckland Isthmus, New Zealand, during the Late Holocene
  Horrocks M, Deng Y, Nichol SL, Shane PA, Ogden J. 2002. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32, 337-353.
• Analysis of plant microfossils in prehistoric coprolites from Harataonga Bay, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Jones MD, Beever RE, Sutton DG. 2002. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32, 617-628.
• Wetland microfossils in soil: implications for the study of land use on archaeological landscapes
  Horrocks M, Jones MD, Nichol SL, Sutton DG. 2002. Environmental Archaeology 7, 101-106.
• Spatial variation in pollen and charcoal records in relation to the 665 yr B.P. Kaharoa tephra at Harataonga Bay, Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand: preliminary results
  Horrocks M, Nichol SL, Jones MD, Shane PA, Sutton DG 2002. In: Jones M, Sheppard P. (eds) Australasian connections and new directions. Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Archaeometry Conference. Auckland, Research in Anthropology and Linguistics, Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland. Pp. 155-170.
• A 6000 year palaeoenvironmental record from Harataonga, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Nichol SL, Shane PA. 2002. New Zealand Journal of Botany 40, 123-135.
• Environmental change during the Last Glacial Maximum (c. 25,000-c. 16,500 years B.P.) at Mt Richmond, Auckland Isthmus, New Zealand
  Sandiford A, Horrocks M, Newnham R, Ogden J, Alloway B. 2002. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32, 155-167.
• High spatial resolution of pollen and charcoal in relation to the c. 600 yr B.P. Kaharoa Tephra: implications for Polynesian settlement of Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Deng Y, Ogden J, Alloway BV, Nichol SL, Sutton DG. 2001. Journal of Archaeological Science 28, 153-168.
• Gourds, truffles and coprolites
  Horrocks M, Jones, MD, Beever RE, Sutton DG. 2001. New Zealand Geographic 51, 8-9.
• A Holocene pollen and sediment record of Whangape Harbour, Far Northern New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Nichol SL, Gregory MR, Creese R, Augustinus PC. 2001. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31, 411-424.
• Distortion of teatree stems by twine as a means to determine the number of years that the stems have been used to support cannabis plants
  Horrocks M, Wallace R. 2001. Journal of Forensic Sciences 46, 86-88.
• Forensic Palynology: assessing the weight of the evidence
  Horrocks M, Walsh KAJ. 2001. In: Goodman DK, Clarke RT. (eds) Proceedings of the IX International Palynological Congress, American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation. Pp. 613-615.
• Pollen on grass clippings and in soil from clothing and shoes: putting the suspect at the crime scene
  Horrocks M, Walsh KAJ. 2001. Journal of Forensic Sciences 46, 179-181.
• A bibliographic data base for New Zealand archaeology
  Jones M, Horrocks M, Robins J, Sutton D. 2001. Archaeology in New Zealand 44, 274-279.
• A reconstruction of the history of a Holocene sand dune on Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand, using pollen and phytolith analyses
  Horrocks M, Deng Y, Ogden J, Sutton DG. 2000. Journal of Biogeography 27, 1269-1277.
• Pollen and phytoliths in stone mounds at Pouerua, Northland, New Zealand: implications for the study of Polynesian farming
  Horrocks M, Jones MD, Carter JA, Sutton DG. 2000. Antiquity 74, 863-872.
• Evidence for tree-line fluctuation from Late Glacial-Holocene pollen diagrams from the subalpine zone of Mt Hauhungatahi, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Ogden J. 2000. The Holocene 10, 61-73.
• A Late Quaternary palynological and sedimentological record from two coastal swamps at southern Kaitoke, Great Barrier Island
  Horrocks M, Ogden J, Nichol SL, Alloway BV, Sutton DG. 2000. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30, 49-68.
• Palynology, sedimentology and environmental significance of Holocene swamps at northern Kaitoke, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Ogden J, Nichol SL, Alloway BV, Sutton DG. 2000. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30, 27-47.
• Geomorphic and sedimentary evidence of human impact on the New Zealand coastal landscape
  Nichol SL, Augustinus PC, Gregory MR, Creese R, Horrocks M. 2000. Physical Geography, Special Issue, Human Impacts and Geomorphology 21, 109-132.
• Forensic palynology: variation in the pollen content of soil on shoes and in shoeprints in soil
  Horrocks M, Coulson SA, Walsh KAJ. 1999. Journal of Forensic Sciences 44,119-122.
• The palynology and sedimentology of a coastal swamp at Awana, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, from ca 7000 yr B.P. to present
  Horrocks M, Ogden J, Nichol SL, Alloway BV, Sutton DG. 1999. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 29, 213-233.
• Fine resolution of pollen patterns in limited space: differentiating a crime scene and alibi scene seven metres apart
  Horrocks M, Walsh KAJ. 1999. Journal of Forensic Sciences 44, 417-420.
• Environmental degradation of an estuary and management options: Whangape Harbour, West Coast, Northern New Zealand
  Gregory MR, Nichol SL, Augustinus P, Creese RG, Mom B, Horrocks M. 1999. Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference, Perth, WA, 14-16 April, 1999. Pp. 238-243.
• Forensic palynology: variation in the pollen content of soil surface samples
  Horrocks M, Coulson SA, Walsh KAJ. 1998. Journal of Forensic Sciences 43, 320-323.
• Fine resolution palynology of Erua Swamp, central North Island, New Zealand, since the Taupo Tephra eruption of c. 1718 BP
  Horrocks M, Ogden J. 1998. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36, 285-293.
• Fine resolution palynology of Gibson’s Swamp, central North Island, New Zealand, since c. 13,000 BP
  Horrocks M, Ogden J. 1998. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36, 273-283.
• Forensic palynology: assessing the value of the evidence
  Horrocks M, Walsh KAJ. 1998. In: Boyd WE, Hall VA. (eds) Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology, Special Issue, New Frontiers and Applications in Palynology - 1X IPC. 103, 69-74.
• The effects of the Taupo Tephra eruption of c. 1718 BP on the vegetation of Mt Hauhungatahi, central North Island, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Ogden J. 1998. Journal of Biogeography 25, 649-660.
• The filtering effects of various household fabrics on the pollen content of hash oil (cannabis extract)
  Horrocks M, Bedford KR, Morgan-Smith RK. 1997. Journal of Forensic Sciences 42, 256-259.
• Structure and composition of the subalpine forest on Mt Hauhungatahi, North Island, New Zealand
  Ogden J, Horrocks M, Palmer JG, Fordham RA. 1997. The Holocene 7, 13-23.
• Modern pollen spectra and vegetation of Mt Hauhungatahi, central North Island, New Zealand
  Horrocks M, Ogden J. 1994. Journal of Biogeography 21, 637-649.