re: Poling marks

[David Peters <davidrpeters@earthlink.net>]

DM wrote:

In summer of 2004 I spent over 3 weeks in Crayssac. The hand prints are
deeper than the foot prints.

>>>  I don't argue that. I argue that, as in using a cane, the wide
snowshow feet don't sink as deep as the narrow cane-like fingers due to
the area they cover.



         And funny that the cracks form
         identical phylogenetic patterns. That's unreasonable.

Identical to what?


Identical to each other. With an extension of the jugal and nasal
running to the premaxilla.





         Tell me David, if _some_ poling marks turn
         out to be primary ichnites, does that change any of your
hypotheses?


Yes, of course. Except I'll probably assume shallower water than you.


Once the torso is out of the water, as in a shallow water situation you
describe, there is no more floating. So hand print only poling marks can
only mean waters high enough to float the torso, IMHO.

dp
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