Mortuary behaviour and cultural practices in pre-colonial West Central Africa : new data from the Iroungou burial cave, Gabon Villotte, S. Kacki, S. Mounier, A. Mora, P. Espinasse, L. Dempano, J. Z. Gerin, C. Meunier, Q. /Oslisly, Richard Africa Gabon Iron Age burial practices collective burial dental modification This study presents preliminary results of recent explorations at Iroungou (Gabon), a pre-colonial burial cave containing scattered skeletal remains of at least 28 men, women and children. The individuals, whose crania show cultural tooth ablation, were buried with abundant metallic objects, a combination with no known equivalent in West Central Africa. 2021 text https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010082696 fdi:010082696 Villotte S., Kacki S., Mounier A., Mora P., Espinasse L., Dempano J. Z., Gerin C., Meunier Q., Oslisly Richard. Mortuary behaviour and cultural practices in pre-colonial West Central Africa : new data from the Iroungou burial cave, Gabon. 2021, 95 (382), e22 [7 ] EN GABON