Grotte de Gabillou

The Grotte de Gabillou also known as Grotte de las Agnelas is a cave in France in which prehistoric ornaments stemming from the Paleolithic period exist [1]. It is situated in the commune of Sourzac in the department of Dordogne [1]. The cave was discovered either in 1940 or in 1941 and subsequently its discovery was announced to the Historical and Archaeological Society of Perigord [1]. It was classified as a historic monument on the 20 July 1942 [1]. The cave is seated in the valley of the Isle river near Mussidan [1]. The length of the cave is twenty-seven meters, with slim passages of between fifty and sixty cm wide [1]. The cave contains more than 200 ornaments, fifty-six horses, twenty-one reindeers, eighteen birds, twelve bisons, eight ibex and some bears and rabbits [1]. A remarkable example is the ornament known as The Sorcerer, which is described as a horned and bearded man-like figure with a foot and leg which resembles the one of a human [1].