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Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change

2012; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 338; Issue: 6108 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.1226299

1095-9203

Douglas J. Kennett, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, Valorie V. Aquino, Yemane Asmerom, Jaime J. Awe, James U.L. Baldini, Patrick J. Bartlein, Brendan J. Culleton, Claire E. Ebert, Christopher S. Jazwa, Martha J. Macri, Norbert Marwan, Victor J. Polyak, Keith M. Prufer, Harriet E. Ridley, Harald Sodemann, Bruce Winterhalder, Gerald H. Haug,

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Maya and Climate Climate has affected the vitality of many different societies in the past, as shown by numerous records across the globe and throughout human history. One of the most obvious and spectacular examples of this is from the Classic Maya civilization, whose advanced culture left highly detailed records of all aspects of their existence between 300 and 1000 C.E. Kennett et al. (p. 788 ; see the cover) present a detailed climate record derived from a stalagmite collected from a cave in Belize, in the midst of the Classic Maya settlement. The fine resolution and precise dating of the record allows changes in precipitation to be related to the politics, war, and population fluctuations of the Mayans.