Reading Prehistoric Human Tracks Methods & Material /
This Open Access book explains that after long periods of prehistoric research in which the importance of the archaeological as well as the natural context of rock art has been constantly underestimated, research has now begun to take this context into focus for documentation, analysis, interpretati...
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction (Andreas Pastoors and Tilman Lenssen-Erz)
- Part I: Methodological Diversity in the Analysis of Human Tracks
- Chapter 2. Inferences from Footprints: Archaeological Best-Practice (Matthew R. Bennett and Sally C. Reynolds)
- Chapter 3. Repetition without Repetition: A comparison of the Laetoli G1, Ileret, Namibian Holocene and Modern Human footprints using Pedobarographic Statistical Parametric Mapping (Juliet McClymont and Robin H. Crompton)
- Chapter 4. Reproduce to Understand: Experimental Approach based on Footprints in Cussac Cave (Southwestern France) (Lysianna Ledoux, Gilles Berillon, Nathalie Fourment and Jacques Jaubert)
- Chapter 5. Experimental Re-Creation of the Depositional Context in which Late Pleistocene Tracks were found on the Pacific Coast of Canada (Duncan McLaren, Quentin Mackie and Daryl Fedje)
- Chapter 6. Reading Spoor: Epistemic Aspects of Indigenous Knowledge and its Implications for the Archaeology of Prehistoric Human Tracks (Tilman Lenssen-Erz and Andreas Pastoors)
- Part II: Case Studies from Around the Globe
- Chapter 7. Perspectives on Pliocene and Pleistocene Pedal Patterns and Protection: Implications for Footprints (Erik Trinkaus, Tea Jashashvili and Biren Patel)
- Chapter 8. Frozen in the Ashes: The 3.66-million-year-old Hominin Footprints from Laetoli, Tanzania (Marco Cherin, Angelo Barili, Giovanni Boschian, Elgidius B. Ichumbaki, Dawid A. Iurino, Fidelis T. Masao, Sofia Menconero, Jacopo Moggi Cecchi, Susanna Sarmati, Nicola Santopuoli and Giorgio Manzi)
- Chapter 9. Steps from History: The Happisburgh Footprints and their Connections with the Past (Nick Ashton)
- Chapter 10. Reconsideration of the Antiquity of the Middle Palaeolithic Footprints from Theopetra Cave (Thessaly, Greece) (Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika and Sotiris K. Manolis)
- Chapter 11. On the Tracks of Neandertals: The Ichnological Assemblage from Le Rozel (Normandy, France) (Jérémy Duveau, Gilles Berillon, Christine Verna, Gilles Laisné and Dominique Cliquet)
- Chapter 12. Hominin Footprints in Caves from Romanian Carpathians (Bogdan P. Onac, Daniel S. Veres and Chris Stringer)
- Chapter 13. Episodes of Magdalenian Hunter-Gatherers in the Upper Gallery of Tuc d'Audoubert (Ariège, France) (Andreas Pastoors, Tilman Lenssen-Erz, Tsamgao Ciqae, /Ui Kxunta, Thui Thao, Robert Bégouën and Thorsten Uthmeier)
- Chapter 14. Following the Father Steps in the Bowels of the Earth: The Ichnological Record from the Bàsura Cave (Upper Palaeolithic, Italy) (Marco Avanzini, Isabella Salvador, Elisabetta Starnini, Daniele Arobba, Rosanna Caramiello, Marco Romano, Paolo Citton, Ivano Rellini, Marco Firpo, Marta Zunino and Fabio Negrino)
- Chapter 15. Prehistoric Speleological Exploration in the Cave of Aldène in Cesseras (Hérault, France): Human Footprint Paths and Lighting Management (Philippe Galant, Paul Ambert (†) and Albert Colomer (†))
- Chapter 16. The Mesolithic Footprints retained in one Bed of the Former Saltmarshes at Formby Point, Sefton Coast, North-West England (Alison Burns)
- Chapter 17. Prehistoric Human Tracks in Ojo Guareña Cave System (Burgos, Spain): The Sala and Galerías de las Huellas (Ana I. Ortega, Francisco Ruiz, Miguel A. Martín, Alfonso Benito-Calvo, Luis Bermejo and Theodoros Karampaglidis)
- Part III: Experiences with Indigenous Experts
- Chapter 18. Tracking with Batek Hunter-Gatherers of Malaysia (Lye Tuck-Po)
- Chapter 19. Identify, Search and Monitor by Tracks: Elements of Analysis of Pastoral Know-How in Saharan-Sahelian Societies (Laurent Gagnol)
- Chapter 20. Trackers' Consensual Talk: Precise Data for Archaeology (Megan Biesele)
- Chapter 21. An Echo from a Footprint: A Step too Far (Steve Webb)
- Chapter 22. Walking Together: Ways of Collaboration in Western-Indigenous Research on Footprints (Hannah Zwischenberger).