Human Footprints: Fossilised Locomotion? - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

1. Fossilised locomotion
1.1 Human tracks
1.2 Key concepts and definitions
1.3 Models of footprint formation
1.4 Footprint resources
1.5 Summary

2. Modern methods of data capture
2.1 Geo-prospection and excavation
2.2 Recognising human tracks
2.3 Dating human tracks
2.4 Methods of digital data capture
2.5 Data manipulation
2.6 Basic measurements: tracks and trackways
2.7 Advanced measurements: tracks and trackways
2.8 Summary

3. World review of human track sites
3.1 Pliocene to Early/Middle Pleistocene tracksites
3.2 Late Pleistocene to Holocene tracksites
3.3 Summary

4. Geoconservation of human tracks
4.1 Geoconservation
4.2 Placing value on human tracksites
4.3 Conservation risks: threats and challenges
4.4 Conservation options
4.5 Summary

5. The role of substrate in track formation and topology
5.1 Substrate controls: introduction
5.2 Models of human track formation
5.3 Substrate controls
5.4 Track taphonomy
5.5 Summary

6. Inferences from human tracks
6.1 The limits of inference
6.2 Inferring body dimensions
6.3 Inferring age
6.4 Fossilised locomotion? Inferences on speed and gait
6.5 Evolution and foot function
6.6 Summary

7. Forensic applications
7.1 Crime scenes
7.2 Methods for collecting footwear evidence
7.3 How unique is a footprint?
7.4 Profiling a suspect
7.5 Summary

8. Conclusions
8.1 Future research perspectives

Glossary

Appendix

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