The Land of Painted Caves is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
2011 Bantam Mass Market Edition
Copyright © 2011 by Jean M. Auel
EARTH’S CHILDREN is a trademark of Jean M. Auel.
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Bantam Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
BANTAM BOOKS and the rooster colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Crown Publishers, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2011.
eISBN: 978-0-307-88665-1
Cover Illustration: Ron Wood/Wood Ronsaville Harlin, Inc.
Cover typography: Anthony Bloch
Map illustration: Rodica Prato after Jean Auel
Insert map: copyright © Palacios after Jean Auel
Hand lettering: Anthony Bloch
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