Fig. 3.

Map of WCA, the Lake Barombi study site, and spatiotemporal distribution of 460 archaeological sites covering the past 10,500 y. ($A$) Current spatial distribution of rainforest shown in green, taken from the Collection 5 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Global Land Cover Type product (www.landcover.org). (Inset) Map showing location of the study area in Africa. Countries: AGO, Angola; CAR, Central African Republic; CMR, Cameroon; COG, Republic of the Congo; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; GAB, Gabon; GNQ, Equatorial Guinea; NGA, Nigeria. Overlain are ¹⁴C-dated archaeological sites with dated and associated material as well as the location of Lake Barombi and marine core MD03-2707. ($B$) Number (No.) of ¹⁴C-dated archaeological samples per 100-y period. Vertical yellow band indicates the timing of the Lake Barombi LHRC.