@article{fdi:010061217,
  title = {{W}est central {A}frican peoples : survey of radiocarbon dates over the past 5000 years},
  author = {{O}slisly, {R}ichard and {B}entaleb, {I}. and {F}avier, {C}. and {F}ontugne, {M}. and {G}illet, {J}. {F}. and {M}orin-{R}ivat, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}racing human history in west central {A}frica suffers from a scarcity of historical data and archaeological remains. {I}n order to provide new insight into this problem, we reviewed 733 radiocarbon dates of archaeological sites from the end of the {L}ate {S}tone {A}ge, {N}eolithic {S}tage, and {E}arly and {L}ate {I}ron {A}ge in {C}ameroon, {G}abon, {C}entral {A}frican {R}epublic, {E}quatorial {G}uinea, {R}epublic of {C}ongo, and the western {D}emocratic {R}epublic of {C}ongo. {T}his review provides a spatiotemporal framework of human settlement in the forest biome. {B}eyond the well-known initial spread of {I}ron {A}ge populations through central {A}frican forests from 2500 cal {BP}, it depicts the geographical patterns and links with the cultural evolution of the successive phases of human expansion from 5000 to 3000 cal {BP} and then from 3000 to 1600 cal {BP}, of the hinterland depopulation from 1350 to 860 cal {BP}, and of recolonization up to 500 cal {BP}.},
  keywords = {{AFRIQUE} {CENTRALE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{R}adiocarbon},
  volume = {55},
  numero = {2-3},
  pages = {1377--1382},
  ISSN = {0033-8222},
  year = {2013},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061217},
}