AD-S25-01

Observed Spoor
AD-S25-01
Substrate and Taphonomy
Substrate
clay
Taphonomy
sinter
Spoor Type
foot, right
Cave and Project Context
Located in Spatial Subunit
Sector D
Observed in Project
TiC II
Size Measurement
L-D1: 204mm
L-D2: 200mm
Ball width: 83mm
Heel width: 63mm
Distance Measurement
Step length to Spoor AD-S25-02: 36cm
Stride length to Spoor AD-S25-03: 72cm
Part of Spoor: Reliability of identification
Toes: 5
Ball of foot: 2
Midfoot: 2
Heel: 2
Inference Making
Interpretations given by the Namibian ichnologists
Assigned Subject
Subject AD-S25
Assigned Trackway
AD-TW35
Assigned Activity
Activity Type
pulling a stick
Speed
slow
Relative Direction
end
Geographic North
w
Posture
walking
Additional Weight
no
Note of Activity
floor was slippering; young; stick track dimensions (mm) - 612/18 (max 30)
Assigned Event
Event ID
AD-E25
Event Description

In the northern part of sector D subject S25, a male infans-juvenis, walked slowly without additional weight, pulling a stick through the soft cave floor, towards the deep part of the cave. Five successive footprints belong to this event, forming one short trackway – right (S25-1), left (S25-2), right (S25-3), left (S25-4) and right (S25-5) (Figs. 26 & 27). The trace of the stick runs approximately straight in a western direction, which corresponds to the direction of subject S25. The trace is 61.2 cm long and 1.8 to 3 cm wide.

Video
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Audio
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