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  • The vegetation sequence at Whangapuoa Estuary, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
  • Sub-sampling and preparing forensic samples for pollen analysis
  • Holocene vegetation, environment and tephra recorded from Lake Pupuke, Auckland
  • Analysis of plant microfossils in early European latrine fills from Russell, northern New Zealand
  • A Late Quaternary record of natural change and human impact from Rangihoua Bay, Bay of Islands, northern New Zealand
  • A Holocene record of gradual, catastrophic and human-influenced sedimentation from a backbarrier wetland, northern New Zealand
  • Sequential impacts of Polynesian and European settlement on vegetation and environmental processes recorded in sediments at Whangapoua Estuary, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
  • Foraminiferal record of human impact on intertidal estuarine environments in New Zealand's largest city
  • Polynesian plant subsistence in prehistoric New Zealand: a summary of the microfossil evidence
  • Plant remains in coprolites: diet of a sub-alpine moa (Dinornithiformes) from southern New Zealand
  • Evidence for diet, parasites, pollen, phytoliths, diatoms and starch grains in prehistoric coprolites from Kohika
  • Microbotanical remains reveal Polynesian agriculture and mixed cropping in early New Zealand
  • Starch grains and xylem cells of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and bracken (Pteridium esculentum) in archaeological deposits from northern North Island, New Zealand
  • Analysis of sediments and plant remains from the find-spot of a cache of Polynesian gardening tools at Ruakaka, northern New Zealand
  • 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
  • Forensic Palynology: assessing the weight of the evidence
  • A palaeo-environmental record of natural and human change from the Auckland Isthmus, New Zealand, during the Late Holocene
  • Stratigraphic palynology in porous soils in humid climates: an example from Pouerua, northern New Zealand
  • Analysis of plant microfossils in prehistoric coprolites from Harataonga Bay, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
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  • An assessment of linear discriminant function analysis as a method of interpreting fossil pollen assemblages
  • Pollen, phytoliths and diatoms in prehistoric coprolites from Kohika, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
  • A palynological study of Polynesian and European impacts on vegetation in Coromandel, New Zealand, showing the variability between four records from a single swamp
  • Biogenic silica: phytoliths, diatoms and sponge spicules
  • A bibliographic data base for New Zealand archaeology
  • Environmental degradation of an estuary and management options: Whangape Harbour, West Coast, Northern New Zealand
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  • Wetland microfossils in soil: implications for the study of land use on archaeological landscapes
  • A 6000 year palaeoenvironmental record from Harataonga, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
  • A Late Quaternary palynological and sedimentological record from two coastal swamps at southern Kaitoke, Great Barrier Island
  • Environmental change during the Last Glacial Maximum (c. 25,000-c. 16,500 years B.P.) at Mt Richmond, Auckland Isthmus, New Zealand
  • Palynology, sedimentology and environmental significance of Holocene swamps at northern Kaitoke, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
  • 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
  • A Holocene pollen and sediment record of Whangape Harbour, Far Northern New Zealand
  • 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
  • Geomorphic and sedimentary evidence of human impact on the New Zealand coastal landscape
  • Pollen on grass clippings and in soil from clothing and shoes: putting the suspect at the crime scene
  • A reconstruction of the history of a Holocene sand dune on Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand, using pollen and phytolith analyses
  • Pollen and phytoliths in stone mounds at Pouerua, Northland, New Zealand: implications for the study of Polynesian farming
  • Evidence for tree-line fluctuation from Late Glacial-Holocene pollen diagrams from the subalpine zone of Mt Hauhungatahi, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand
  • Forensic palynology: variation in the pollen content of soil on shoes and in shoeprints in soil
  • The effects of the Taupo Tephra eruption of c. 1718 BP on the vegetation of Mt Hauhungatahi, central North Island, New Zealand
  • The palynology and sedimentology of a coastal swamp at Awana, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, from ca 7000 yr B.P. to present
  • Fine resolution of pollen patterns in limited space: differentiating a crime scene and alibi scene seven metres apart
  • Structure and composition of the subalpine forest on Mt Hauhungatahi, North Island, New Zealand
  • Forensic palynology: variation in the pollen content of soil surface samples
  • Fine resolution palynology of Erua Swamp, central North Island, New Zealand, since the Taupo Tephra eruption of c. 1718 BP
  • The filtering effects of various household fabrics on the pollen content of hash oil (cannabis extract)
  • Fine resolution palynology of Gibson’s Swamp, central North Island, New Zealand, since c. 13,000 BP
  • Forensic palynology: assessing the value of the evidence
  • Modern pollen spectra and vegetation of Mt Hauhungatahi, central North Island, New Zealand
  • A combined procedure for recovering phytoliths and starch residues from soils, sedimentary deposits and similar materials
  • Palaeo-environment and human impact in modifying vegetation at Mt St John, Auckland Isthmus, New Zealand
  • Microfossil analysis of Lapita deposits in Vanuatu reveals introduced Araceae (aroids)
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  • Macroremains of plants
  • The Maori stone mounds at Pouerua, northern New Zealand
  • Foraminiferal record of sewage outfall impacts on the inner Manukau Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • Analysis of plant microfossils in archaeological deposits from two remote archipelagos: the Marshall Islands, eastern Micronesia, and the Pitcairn Group, southeast Polynesia
  • Starch residues in coprolites
  • Plant microfossil analysis of soils from Polynesian stonefields in South Auckland, New Zealand
  • Long-term dynamics of the long-lived conifer Libocedrus bidwillii after a volcanic eruption 2000 years ago
  • Gourds, truffles and coprolites
  • Starch residues in a sediment core and earth oven
  • Microfossils of introduced starch cultigens from an early wetland ditch in New Zealand
  • Biological and geochemical record of anthropogenic impacts in recent sediments from Lake Pupuke, Auckland City, New Zealand
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  • Modern pollen-vegetation relationships along transects on the Whangapoua Estuary, Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand
  • A bibliographic data base for New Zealand archaeology
  • Effect and timing of increased freshwater runoff into sheltered harbor environments around Auckland City, New Zealand
  • A short note on starch and xylem of Colocasia esculenta (taro) in archaeological deposits from Pitcairn Island, southeast Polynesia
  • Late Quaternary environments, vegetation and agriculture in northern New Zealand
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  • The Hamurana Road site, U15/9, Rotorua
  • Application of palynology to describe vegetation succession in estuarine wetlands on Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand
  • 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
  • A discontinuous Late Cenozoic vegetation record from a maar in Auckland, New Zealand
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  • A short note on starch and xylem of Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato) in archaeological deposits from northern New Zealand
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  • Plant microfossil analysis reveals disturbed forest and a mixed-crop, dryland production system at Te Niu, Easter Island
  • Introduced taro (Colocasia esculenta) and yams (Dioscorea spp.) in Podtanean (2700-1800 yr BP) deposits from Mé Auré Cave (WMD007), Moindou, New Caledonia
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  • Plant microfossils in prehistoric archaeological deposits from Yuku rock shelter, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
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  • Foraminiferal record of ecological impact of deforestation and oyster farms, Mahurangi Harbour, New Zealand
  • Plant microfossil analysis of coprolites of the critically endangered kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) parrot from New Zealand
  • Palynology: its position in the field of forensic science
  • 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
  • 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
  • Plant microfossil analysis of coprolites of the critically endangered kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) parrot from New Zealand
  • Palynology: its position in the field of forensic science.
  • Field survey, sedimentology and plant microfossil analysis of sediment cores from possible cultivation sites at Tolaga Bay, eastern North Island, New Zealand
  • Localised human impacts on the Harataonga coastal landscape, Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand
  • Plant microfossil analysis of deposits from Te Niu, Rapa Nui, demonstrates forest disruption c. AD 1300 and subsequent dryland multi-cropping
  • Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and banana (Musa sp.) microfossils in deposits from the Kona Field System, Island of Hawaii
  • Preservation of a Late Glacial terrestrial and Holocene estuarine record on the margins of Kaipara Harbour, Northland, New Zealand
  • A short note on banana (Musa) phytoliths in Lapita, immediately post-Lapita and modern period archaeological deposits from Vanuatu
  • Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, potential and prospects
  • Discontinuous late Pleistocene-Holocene pollen records from Auckland Domain, northern New Zealand
  • Multi-proxy records of regionally-sourced tsunamis, New Zealand.
  • Introduced Dioscorea spp. starch in Lapita and later deposits, Vao Island, Vanuatu
  • Predecessor to New Zealand’s largest historic trans-South Pacific tsunami of 1868 AD
  • Geomorphology and accommodation space as limiting factors on tsunami deposition: Chatham Island, southwest Pacific Ocean
  • New pollen, sedimentary, and radiocarbon records from the Marquesas Islands, East Polynesia: Implications for archaeological and palaeoclimate studies
  • Stratigraphic and plant microfossil investigation at Cook’s Cove, North Island, New Zealand: reinterpretation of Holocene deposits and evidence of Polynesian introduced crops
  • The Mk II sampler: A device to collect sediment cores for analysis of uncontaminated DNA
  • Palaeotsunamis in the Pacific
  • Microfossils of Polynesian cultigens in lake sediment cores from Rano Kau, Easter Island
  • Fossil plant remains at Rano Raraku, Easter Island’s statue quarry: Evidence for past elevated lake level and ancient Polynesian agriculture
  • L'evolution botanique de l'Ile de Paques
  • Pollen, phytoliths, arthropods and high-resolution 14C sampling from Rano Kau, Easter Island: Evidence for late Quaternary environments, ant (Formicidae) distributions and human activity
  • Phytoliths
  • Macroremains of plants
  • Ancient gardening in the Kona Field System, Island of Hawaii, US
  • Microfossil and Fourier Transform InfraRed analyses of Lapita and post-Lapita human dental calculus from Vanuatu, Southwest Pacific
  • Pollen, starch and biosilicate analysis of archaeological deposits on Guam and Saipan, Mariana Islands, Northwest Pacific: Evidence for Chamorro subsistence crops and marine resources
  • Disturbance relicts in a rapidly changing world: The Rapa Nui (Easter Island) factor
  • Agriculture, domestic production, and site function: Micro-fossil analyses and late prehistoric landscapes of the Society Islands
  • Human ecodynamics in the Mangareva Islands: A stratified sequence from Nenega-Iti Rockshelter (Site AGA-3, Agakauitai Island)
  • Lack of suitable coastal plains likely influenced Lapita (~2800 cal BP) settlement of Samoa: Evidence from south-eastern Upolu
  • A plant microfossil record of late Quaternary environments and human activity from Rano Aroi and surroundings, Easter Island
  • Pollen, phytolith and starch analyses of dryland soils from Easter Island show widespread vegetation clearance and Polynesian-introduced crops
  • Evaluating agricultural bet-hedging strategies in the Kona Field System: New high-precision 230Th/U and 14C dates and plant microfossil data from Kealakekua, Hawai‘i Island
  • Archaeobotanical assemblages from Tangatatau Rockshelter
  • Archaeological and sedimentological data indicate Lapita settlement on a newly formed coastal plain: Tavua Island, Mamanuca Group, Fiji
  • Reciting the layers: Evidence for past tsunamis at Mataora - Wairau Lagoon, Aotearoa - New Zealand
  • Plant microfossil results from Old Kiyyangan Village: Looking for the introduction and expansion of wet-field rice (Oryza sativa) cultivation in the Ifugao Rice Terraces, Philippine Cordilleras
  • Early Lapita subsistence: Evidence from Kamgot, Anir Islands, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
  • Earliest evidence for pit cultivation provides insight on the nature of first Polynesian settlement
  • Recovering plant microfossils from archaeological and other paleoenvironmental deposits: A practical guide developed from Pacific Region experience
  • New excavations in Easter Island’s statue quarry: Soil fertility, site formation and chronology
  • Sustenance and sustainability: Food remains and contact sites in Vanuatu
  • Archaeological roots of traditional land use and resistance to Spanish colonial entanglement on Guam
  • Historical analysis of coastal marine sediments reveal land-based impacts on the benthos
  • Historic and contemporary anthropogenic effects on granulometry and species composition detected from sediment cores and death assemblages, Nelson Bays, Aotearoa-New Zealand
  • Pollen core assemblages as indicators of Polynesian and European impact on the vegetation cover of Auckland Isthmus catchment, New Zealand
  • Environmental history of an early Spanish settlement in the Visayas, Philippines: Excavations in the Parian District of Cebu City
  • Mangrove-habitat in the southern Firth of Thames: Sedimentation processes and coastal-hazards mitigation
  • Siltation in Whangape Harbour and its consequences for local iwi
  • Hornwort (Anthocerotopsida) spores in Late Quaternary wetland sediments and dryland soils, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
  • Erratum to: Agriculture, domestic production, and site function: Microfossil analyses and late prehistoric landscapes of the Society Islands
  • A ceramic and plant and parasite microfossil record from Andarayan, Cagayan Valley, Philippines, spanning the last ca. 2080 years reveals cultigens and human helminthiases
  • 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
  • A plant and parasite record of a midden on Auckland Isthmus, New Zealand, reveals large scale landscape disturbance, Māori introduced cultigens, and helminthiasis
  • Pollen and phytoliths in archaeological features from North Island, New Zealand, reveal landscape disturbance and cultivation of Polynesian introduced Cordyline cf. fruticosa (ti)
  • Plant microfossil and 14C analysis of archaeological features at Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand: Evidence for regional Māori use of introduced and indigenous plants
  • Archaeology and the emergence of customary resource management in Southern Vanuatu
  • New microfossil approaches and multi-proxy analysis reveal precontact Polynesian plant translocations and use, Marquesas Islands
  • The cestode Stringopotaenia psittacea (Fuhrmann, 1904) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from a critically endangered New Zealand bird: New evidence from ancient coprolites
  • Palaeoparasitology confirms Early Lapita evidence of pig and dog at Kamgot, Bismarck Archipelago
  • Pre-contact vegetation and persistence of Polynesian cultigens in Hālawa Valley, Moloka‘i
  • New discoveries from the early Māori village at Shag River Mouth, New Zealand, reveal intestinal parasites
  • Plant microfossils and parasites from Palliser Bay stone garden systems, New Zealand, reveal Māori translocations and helminthiasis
  • Introduced Māori cultigens and intestinal parasites found in microfossil records from Taranaki, New Zealand
  • New dog parasite (Toxocara canis) discoveries at Melanesian and Polynesian sites in tropical Remote Oceania
  • A new discovery from Māori archaeological sites on Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, reveals a widely distributed, commensal dog parasite
  • Palynological, tephra, and 14C records from southern Kaitoke, Great Barrier (Aotea) Island, New Zealand, since c. 30,000 cal. yr BP
  • 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
  • Using pollen in turbidites for vegetation reconstructions
  • Updated microfossil and 14C analyses of Ifugao Rice Terraces, Philippine Cordilleras, reveal early taro and rice cultivation, and new parasite discoveries
  • Microfossil starch provides the first evidence for introduced taro (Colocasia esculenta) on the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, commencing c. 1800 cal. BP
  • Tracing the history of Māori horticulture and dogs (Canis familiaris) at two volcanic cone maunga pā, Auckland, New Zealand using microfossil and 14C analyses
  • Palaeoecological studies at four archaeological sites in the New Guinea Highlands document local vegetation histories and plant use from c. 18,000 cal BP to the recent past
  • Plant microfossils reveal human activity in and around Hawaiian Island fishponds, including introduced Polynesian and European multi-cropping
  • Records of helminth parasites at archaeological sites in the New Guinea Highlands, from c. 18,000 yr BP, suggest Late Holocene presence of dogs and pigs
  • New helminth egg discoveries at the Cloudman archaeological site, Michigan, North America show evidence for parasites from Early Late Woodland (AD 500/600-1000) to Historic times
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