Some of the following publications authored by MM are made available by the author only for the personal use by academic colleagues, students and other researchers. They should be cited on the basis of their original publication details.
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| 2009 2009 2009 |
New geoarchaeological investigations of the valley systems in the Aksum area of northern Ethiopia. Catena - DIG 2007: Catena special issue (with F Sulas and C French). State formation and water resources management in the Horn of Africa: the Aksumite Kingdom of the northern Ethiopian highlands. World Archaeology, 41.1:2-15 (with F Sulas and C French). Plant water availability and analytical microscopy of phytoliths: Implications for ancient irrigation in arid zones. Quaternary International 193(1-2):32-40 (senior author with MK Jones, P Echlin, A Powers-Jones & M Moore). |
| 2009 | Taphonomical aspects of silica phytoliths in the loess sediments of the Argentinean Pampas. Quaternary International 193(1-2):70-79 (with M Osterrieth, D Zurro & MF Alvarez). |
| 2009 | Variability of the phytolith record in fisher-hunter-gatherer sites: An example from the Yamana society (Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina). Quaternary International 193(1-2):184-191 (with D Zurro, I Briz & A Vila). |
| 2008 2007 |
The Phytolith Assemblage. In M Cook and L Dunbar (eds.) Rituals, Roundhouses and Romans (Kintore), Scottish Trust for Archaeological Research, Edinburgh, 290-292. Plant People and Place - Recent Studies in Phytolith Analysis, Oxbow Books, senior editor with D Zurro. |
| 2007 | The analysis of phytolith from Braehead archaeological site. In M Madella & D Zurro (eds) Plant People and Place - Recent Studies in Phytolith Analysis, Oxbow Books, 101-10 - download pdf (2.6 MB). |
| 2007 | Archaeometry of the first pottery production in the Carpathian Basin: results from two years of research. Atti del IV Congresso Nazionale AIAR, a cura di C D'Amico, 401-411. (co-authored with Starnini and Skakmany) - download pdf (2.7 MB). |
| 2006 | Paleoecology and the Harappan Civilisation of South Asia: A Reconsideration. Quaternary Science Review (senior author with D.Q. Fuller). |
| 2006 | Charcoals and phytoliths from Pupicina Cave. In P. Miracle (ed.) Pupicina pec during the Neolithic and Bronze Age, Istria Archaeological Museum (Croatia) pp 429-446 (co-authored with W Fletcher) - download pdf (732 KB). |
| 2006 | Environmental evidence from the minaret of Jam archaeological project, Afghanistan. Iran, 44:1-23. (co-authored with DC Thomas et al) - download pdf (1.2 MB). |
| 2005 | International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature 1.0. Annals of Botany, 96:253-260 (senior author with A. Alexandre and T. Ball). |
| 2004 | Phytolith Typologies and Frequencies in Sub-Alpine/Alpine Plant Species of the European Alps. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 129:39-65 (co-authored with A.L. Carnelli and J.-P. Theurillat). |
| 2003 | Investigating Agriculture and Environment in South Asia: Present and Future Contributions from Opal Phytoliths, in S. Weber and W. Belcher (eds.) Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field. Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group). |
| 2002 | The Exploitation of Plant Resources by Neanderthals in Amud Cave (Israel): The Evidence from Phytolith Studies. Journal of Archaeological Sciences, 29:703-719. (senior author, with E. Hovers, E., Jones, MK., Goldberg, P. & Goren, Y). |
| 2002 | Aluminium in the opal silica reticule of phytoliths: a new tool in palaeoecological studies. American Journal of Botany, 89(2):346-351 (co-authored with A.L. Carnelli, J.-P. Theurillat & B. Ammann). |
| 2001 | Biogenic silica production in selected Alpine plant species. Annals of Botany, 87:425-434 (co-authored with Carnelli, A. & Theurillat, J.-P). |
| 2001 | The Analysis of Phytoliths from Mumbwa Cave. In L. Barham (ed.) The Middle Stone Age of Zambia, Swales & Willis, Exeter. |
| 2000 | Excavations at the Late (Upper) Palaeolithic Site of Ziarat Pir Shaban 2 (ZPS2) in the Rohri Hills, Sindh, Pakistan. Origini, nuova serie I, XXII: 111-133 (co-authored with P. Biagi, M.M. Kazi, C. Ottomano). |
| 2000 | Understanding Archaeological Structures by Means of Phytolith Analysis: A Test from the Iron Age Site of Kilise Tepe - Turkey, in Meunier J.D., F. Colin and Faure-Denard L. (eds) The Phytoliths: Applications in Earth Science and Human History, Balkema, Lisse. |
| 1999 | Resti lignei carbonizzati da uno scavo a San Zeno. Archeologia delle Alpi, 5:99-105 (senior author with M Rottoli). |
| 1998 | Phytoliths from Tagliente Shelter: a discussion on deposition and taphonomy, in Arias, C., Bietti, A., Castelletti, L. and Peretto, C. (eds.) Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, vol. 1. Abaco, Forli' (senior author, with A.H. Powers-Jones). |
| 1998 | A Simple Method of Extraction of Opal Phytoliths from Sediments Using a Non-Toxic Heavy Liquid, Journal of Archaeological Science, 25:801-803 (senior author, with A.H. Powers-Jones and M.K. Jones). |
| 1997 | Phytoliths from a Central Asia Loess-Palaeosol Sequence and Modern Soils: Their Taphonomical and Palaeoecological Implications, in A. Pinilla, J. Juan-Tresserras and M.J. Machado (eds) Primer Encuentro Europeo Sobre El Estudio De Fitolitos, Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales Monografias 4, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, pp.49-58. |