Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Methodological diversity in the analysis of human tracks

Inferences from footprints : archaeological best practice

Repetition without repetition : a comparison of the Laetoli G1, Ileret, Namibian Holocene and modern human footprints using pedobarographic statistical parametric mapping

Reproduce to understand : experimental approach based on footprints in Cussac Cave (Southwestern France)

Experimental re-creation of the depositional context in which late Pleistocene tracks were found on the pacific coast of Canada

Reading spoor

Part II. Case studies from around the globe

Perspectives on Pliocene and Pleistocene pedal patterns and protection

Frozen in the ashes

Steps from history

Reconsideration of the antiquity of the middle Palaeolithic footprints from Theopetra Cave (Thessaly, Greece)

On the tracks of neandertals : the ichnological assemblage from Le Rozel (Normandy, France)

Hominin footprints in caves from Romanian Carpathians

Episodes of Magdalenian hunter-gatherers in the upper gallery of Tuc d’Audoubert (Ariège, France)

Following the father steps in the bowels of the earth : the ichnological record from the Bàsura Cave (upper Palaeolithic, Italy)

Prehistoric speleological exploration in the cave of Aldène in Cesseras (Hérault, France) : human footprint paths and lighting management

The Mesolithic footprints retained in one bed of the former saltmarshes at Formby Point, Sefton Coast, North West England

Prehistoric human tracks in Ojo Guareña cave system (Burgos, Spain) : the Sala and Galerías de las Huellas

Part III. Experiences with indigenous experts

Tracking with Batek hunter-gatherers of Malaysia

Identify, search and monitor by tracks : elements of analysis of pastoral know-how in Saharan-Sahelian societies

Trackers’ consensual talk : precise data for archaeology

An echo from a footprint : a step too far

Walking together : ways of collaboration in western-indigenous research on footprints