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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Multiscale Geometric Characterization and Discrimination of Dermatoglyphs (Fingerprints) on Hardened Clay-A Novel Archaeological Application of the GelSight Max.

Katarzyna Peta, W James Stemp, Tera Stocking, Richard Chen, George Love, Matthew A Gleason, Brett A Houk, Christopher A Brown

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Katarzyna PetaInstitute of Mechanical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Pl. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 5, 60-965 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9915-838X
W James StempDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, Keene State College, 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03435-3400, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8063-9327
Tera StockingDepartment of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 150 Patterson Drive, Lexington, KY 40506-0027, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-1431-2262
Richard ChenSurface Metrology Laboratory, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-6352-0625
George LoveSurface Metrology Laboratory, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-1373-2473
Matthew A GleasonSurface Metrology Laboratory, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280, USA.
Brett A HoukDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech University, 1101 Boston Ave., #158, Lubbock, TX 79409-1012, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2490-5870
Christopher A BrownSurface Metrology Laboratory, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9355-4824

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A relatively new GelSight Max measurement instrument was applied to the microtopographies of experimental hardened clay surfaces, both with and without fingerprint (dermatoglyph) impressions, and the surface of an archaeological pottery handle fragment with a preserved fingerprint (paleodermatoglyph). The experimental clay surfaces were documented in order to determine the instrument's ability to capture these surfaces in three-dimensions by imprinting them onto an elastomeric tactile membrane. Fingerprints on the experimental hardened clay and the archaeological pottery fragment were mathematically documented to test this instrument's ability to capture these impressions. The surface texture measurements of the hardened clay and the pottery fragment were mathematically compared using conventional topographic characterization parameters (height and hybrid), fractal dimensions (Das) with associated coefficients of determination (R

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elastomer tactile sensorfingerprintGelSight Maxpotterysurface metrology

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