Love this! Palaeolithic equivalent of putting the kids’ artwork on the fridge for a few weeks?!
19.12.2024 22:27
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@mjilaing
Archaeologist by inclination (MA in Public Arch, doctoral research into prehistoric kids, fingerprints and burials), Prehistoric Society Secretary, currently a lawyer by profession (don’t judge me: I have kids to support!)
Love this! Palaeolithic equivalent of putting the kids’ artwork on the fridge for a few weeks?!
Well…. In clay where there’s a dip, you make allowance for a slight spreading or splaying of the print, but it doesn’t affect ridge density, which you can do something with re age etc. So it might be possible to say something about whose finger this was…
Oh my oh my! Fingerprint!