SAINT-ROME-DE-CERNON
Aveyron, France.
The cave of Sargel, probably occupied since the
Neolithic Age, has yielded many artifacts of the Iron
Age and Gallo-Roman periods (coins, fibulas, pottery,
rings). These were offerings and attest the continuity
of a cult which lasted at least until the 1st c. A.D.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
L. Balsan, “Spéléologie du département de l'Aveyron,”
Mém. de la Soc. des Lettres de l'Aveyron 26 (1946) 241-43, no. 452 (detailed bibl.); A. Albenque,
Inv. de l'archéologie gallo-romaine du département de l'Aveyron (1947) 138-39, no. 398; A. Soutou, “La grotte-sanctuaire de Sargel,”
Ogam 18 (1966) 1-16.
M. LABROUSSE