![]() ![]() “Every one of these Maya monuments is political history,” says linguist Martha Macri, a professor of Native American studies at UC Davis. ![]() Related Article: PwC Report States that Global Temperatures will Increase by 6☌ by 2100 They compared their findings to the rich political histories carved on stone monuments at Maya cities throughout the region. ![]() "They were incredible craftspersons, proficient in agriculture, statesmanship, and warfare-and within about 80 years, it fell completely apart." (Credit: Douglas Kennett/Penn State) "Here you had an amazing state-level society that had created calendars, magnificent architecture, works of art, and was engaged in trade throughout Central America,” says anthropology professor and co-author Bruce Winterhalder. In an article published today in Science, the researchers outline how they reconstructed rainfall records from stalagmite samples collected from Yok Balum Cave, located nearly three miles from ancient city of Uxbenka, in the tropical Maya Lowlands in southern Belize. The role of climate change in the development and demise of classic Maya civilization, ranging from AD 300 to 1000, has been controversial for decades because of a lack of well-dated climate and archaeological evidence. A high-resolution climate record spanning 2,000 years shows how Maya political systems developed and fell apart in response to climate change, researchers report.
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