What is interesting about this event, which is composed of nine footprints, are the different reactions to an obstacle lying in the path of the three subjects. The obstacles are five blocks of small dimensions with a maximum length of 50 cm. While subjects S7 and S8 stepped over the obstacle, subject S9 has swerved towards the western wall shortly before the obstacle, yet one cannot speak of an abrupt change of decision, but of a slow change of walking direction. The three trackways of the three subjects include relatively few footprints. Subject S7 left a trackway consisting of three footprints – left (S7-10), left (S7-11) and right (S7- 12), subject S8 left a trackway consisting also of three footprints – right (S8-11), right (S8-12) and left (S8- 13) - and subject S9 finally left a trackway consisting of two footprints – left (S9-10) and right (S9-11) (Fig. 23), and additionally an isolated right footprint (S9 - 9) (Fig. 22).
AD-S07-11
Spoor
Observed Spoor
AD-S07-11
Spoor Type
Substrate and Taphonomy
Substrate
clay
Taphonomy
sinter
Cave and Project Context
Located in Spatial Subunit
Observed in Project
Mesaurements and Conservation
Size Measurement
L-D1: 228
L-D2: 220
Ball width: 84
Heel width: 62
Distance Measurement
Step length to Spoor AD-S07-12: 57
Part of Spoor: Reliability of identification
Toes: 2
Ball of foot: 2
Midfoot: 5
Heel: 4
Superimposition
Inference Making
Knowledge generated with the morpho-classificatory method applied by the San trackers
Assigned Subject
Assigned Trackway
Assigned Activity
Activity Type
locomotion
Speed
fast
Relative Direction
entrance
Geographic North
n
Posture
walking
Additional Weight
something