An extended and higher-resolution record of climate and land use from stalagmite MC01 from Macal Chasm, Belize, revealing connections between major dry events, overall climate variability, and Maya sociopolitical changes

2016/07/07 by Pete D. Akers, George A. Brook, L. Bruce Railsback +7 · 4 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Cave #Geography #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Intertropical Convergence Zone #Meteoric water #Paleontology #Period (music) #Physical geography #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Population #Precipitation #Speleothem #Stable isotope ratio #Stalagmite #δ13C #δ18O

paper · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.07.007

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Citations

• Possible role of climate in the collapse of Classic Maya civilization
• Climate and the Collapse of Maya Civilization
• Vegetation of the greater Maya Mountains, Belize
• Airborne LiDAR, archaeology, and the ancient Maya landscape at Caracol, Belize
• The political collapse of Chichén Itzá in climatic and cultural context

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• Response of a low elevation carbonate lake in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) to climatic and human forcings
• Classic period in Belize [wikipedia]
• Preceramic period in Belize [wikipedia]
• Preclassic period in Belize [wikipedia]