La Chaire a Calvin

La Chaire a Calvin is a rock shelter near the village of Mouthiers-sur-Boëme in the Département of Charente, situated in the valley of the Gersac stream [1]. The shelter is on a cliff which faces south east [1]. The rock face of this rock-shelter has a sculpted frieze dated to the Magdalenian period; approximately 15000 years BP [1]. This site was studied by Pierre David from 1924 onwards, who discovered the frieze in 1926 [1]. The only human remains discovered are a single molar, discovered in 1933 and attributed to the Magdelenian [1]. The frieze is the only example of parietal art still visible in Charente [1]. The frieze includes depictions of an aurochs without its head, a pregnant tarpan, and a mating scene of tarpans [1].