I wish to express my thanks to representatives of the Natural His tory Museum of the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava for their kind permission to s tudy the coffin in the museum and to publish the results of my research. I am especially grateful to the museum director, Mgr. Miroslav Kautman, and the curator of the anthropology department, Dr. Alena Šefčáková, for her patience and assis tance during my numerous visits and presence to the department.For reading and reviewing the manuscript and providing valuable comments, I am grateful to the following colleagues: