The analysis of trackways rather than individual footprints adds another dimension.

When a single individual walks across soft ground in a consistent direction, the sequence of footprints reveals not just foot shape but the pattern of movement — whether the person paused, changed direction, or maintained a steady pace.

At White Sands, some trackways appear to show individuals moving purposefully and in a consistent direction, suggesting travel across the landscape rather than activity at a fixed location.

The intersection of multiple trackways — different individuals, possibly at different times, whose paths crossed on the same surface — adds information about group movement and landscape use.

In some sections of the White Sands site, trackways from multiple individuals, including adults and children of different sizes, converge or parallel each other in ways that suggest group travel rather than solitary movement.

The details are inferential — the sediment cannot tell us whether the people whose tracks intersect were traveling together or were at the location at different times — but the patterns are suggestive and have been carefully described by researchers.