Acknowledgements
The author gratefully thanks M. Pierre Bolduc and Madame Laurence Jullien Lavigne for permission to study the Grimaldi sculptures in their possession. He also thanks Dani and Ofer Bar-Yosef of Harvard University, and the directors and staff of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University for permission and assistance in the study of collections in their care. At various times assistance was provided by Michael Bisson, Henri Delporte, Marie-Hélène Marino, Dominique Buisson, Martin Oliva, Maria Govozdover, Natalia Leonova, Nicolai Praslov and Gennadi Grigoriev. He wishes to thank the Wattis Foundation, Jean and Ray Auel, and the editors, Meg Conkey, Olga Soffer and Deborah Stratmann, for making this volume possible.
Funding for this research was provided by New York University, the Institute for Ice Age Studies, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Science Foundation. Any errors or omissions are the sole responsibility of the author.
