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been opposed to the views of M. Riviere were without validity. 

 At the same time, he hesitated to commit himself to a definite 

 opinion. 



It was not till 1901 that the general incredulity began to 

 yield, partly in consequence of fresh discoveries by Prof. Capitan 

 and the Abbe Breuil, who described drawings and paintings 

 from additional caves. 1 At the same time M. Riviere furnished 

 fresh evidence from the cave of La Mouthe, 2 and M. Marcellin 

 Boule, in a review 3 of the work of these authors, now recog- 

 nised its convincing force. Finally, M. Cartailhac, who had 

 been previously one of the most uncompromising opponents of 

 the genuineness of the alleged discoveries, courageously ad- 

 mitted that he had been mistaken. 4 All doubts were now 

 dispelled, and the subsequent progress of investigation has been 

 accompanied by continually increasing discovery. 5 



In giving a brief account of these drawings we cannot do' 

 better than commence with the cave of Altamira, the starting- 

 point of all subsequent discoveries. A plan of the cave is given 

 below (fig. 2), and a reference to it will save a lengthy de- 

 scription. The finest collection of figures occurs on the roof 



1 Capitan and Breuil, " Une nouvelle grotte avec parois gravees a. l'epoque 

 paleolithique, C. R. September 16, 1901 ; and "Une nouvelle grotte avec figures 

 peintes sur les parois a l'epoque paleolithique," C. R. September 23, 1901. 



2 E. Riviere, "Les dessins gravees et peintes de la grotte de La Mouthe," 

 Rev. Set. October 19, 1901. 



3 M. Boule, " Les gravures et peintures sur les parois du cavernes," LAnthr. 

 p. 671. 



4 Emile Cartailhac, " Les cavernes ornees de dessins : Le grotte d' Altamira, 

 Espagne ; ' Mea Culpa' d'un sceptique," LAnthr. 1902, xiii. p. 348. 



5 E. Cartailhac and H. Breuil, " Les peintures et gravures murales des 

 cavernes Pyreneennes," I. Altamira (a Santillane, Spain), LAnthr. 1904, xv. 

 p. 623; II. Marsoulas, pres Salies-du-Salat, Haut-Garonne, LAnthr. 1905, xvi. 

 p. 431; III. Niaux (Ariege) LAnthr. 1908, xix. p. 15; Capitan, Breuil, and 

 Peyrony, "Les figures gravees a l'epoque paleolithique sur les parois de la 

 grotte de Bernifol (Dordogne)," Rev. de V Ecole d'Anthr. Paris, 1903, p. 367; 

 H. Breuil, " L'evolution de l'art pictural et de la gravure sur murailles dans 

 les cavernes ornees de Page du Renne," LAnthr. 1905, xvi. p. 513; Peyrony, 

 " Nouvelles recherches sur la grotte des Eyzies ' LAnthr. 1905, xvi. p. 515 ; 

 Capitan, Breuil, et Ampoulange, " Une nouvelle grotte prehistorique a parois 

 gravees," abstract, Rev. de P Ecole d'Anthr. Paris, 1904, x. p. 320 ; Capitan, 

 Breuil, et Peyrony, " Une nouvelle grotte a parois gravees, La Calvitie (Dor- 

 dogne)," Rev. de F Ecole d'Anthr. Paris, 1904, p. 379 ; Hermilio Alcalde del 

 Rio, Las Pinturas y Grabados de las Cavernas prehistoricas de la Provincia 

 de Santander, Santander, 1906; H. Breuil, "Cavernes espagnoles peintes et 

 gravees," LAnthr. 1906, xvii. p. 625. 



