Meredith Laing
@mjilaing.bsky.social
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!)
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…
November 17, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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!
November 15, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Oh my oh my! Fingerprint!