TY - BOOK ID - 700993 TI - Human Footprints: Fossilised Locomotion? AU - Bennett, Matthew R. AU - Morse, Sarita A. PY - 2014 SN - 3319085727 3319085719 1322137560 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Footprints, Fossil. KW - Archaeology. KW - Archeology KW - Anthropology KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - History KW - Antiquities KW - Fossil footprints KW - Fossil tracks KW - Tracks, Fossil KW - Trackways, Fossil KW - Animal tracks KW - Trace fossils KW - Sedimentology. KW - Physical geography. KW - Anthropology. KW - Forensic medicine. KW - Human physiology. KW - Physical Geography. KW - Forensic Science. KW - Human Physiology. KW - Geography KW - Petrology KW - Human biology KW - Medical sciences KW - Physiology KW - Human body KW - Forensic medicine KW - Injuries (Law) KW - Jurisprudence, Medical KW - Legal medicine KW - Forensic sciences KW - Medicine KW - Medical laws and legislation KW - Human beings KW - Forensic science. KW - Criminalistics KW - Forensic science KW - Science KW - Criminal investigation KW - Primitive societies KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:700993 AB - Human footprints provide some of the most emotive and tangible evidence of our ancestors. They provide evidence of stature, presence, behaviour and in the case of early hominin footprints, evidence with respect to the evolution of human gait and foot anatomy. While human footprint sites are rare in the geological record the number of sites around the World has increased in recent years, along with the analytical tools available for their study. The aim of this book is to provide a definitive review of these recent developments with specific reference to the increased availability of three-dimensional digital elevation models of human tracks at many key sites. The book is divided into eight chapters. Following an introduction the second chapter reviews modern field methods in human ichnology focusing on the development of new analytical tools. The third chapter then reviews the major footprint sites around the World including details on several unpublished examples. Chapters then follow on the role of geology in the formation and preservation of tracks, on the inferences that can be made from human tracks and the final chapter explores the application of this work to forensic science. Audience: This volume will be of interest to researchers and students across a wide range of disciplines – sedimentology, archaeology, forensics and palaeoanthropology. ER -