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Climate and the Collapse of Maya Civilization

Haug, Gerald H., Günther, Detlef, Peterson, Larry C., Sigman, Daniel M., Hughen, Konrad A., Aeschlimann, Beat·2003·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1080444
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In the anoxic Cariaco Basin of the southern Caribbean, the bulk titanium content of undisturbed sediment reflects variations in riverine input and the hydrological cycle over northern tropical South America. A seasonally resolved record of titanium shows that the collapse of Maya civilization in the Terminal Classic Period occurred during an extended regional dry period, punctuated by more intense multiyear droughts centered at approximately 810, 860, and 910 A.D. These new data suggest that a century-scale decline in rainfall put a general strain on resources in the region, which was then exacerbated by abrupt drought events, contributing to the social stresses that led to the Maya demise.

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  • The early Manteño of the coastal bays of Puerto López, Machalilla, and Salango, and their spondylus shell industries, thrived on higher sea surface temperatures and more reliable rainy seasons produced by recurring El Niño events from a southerly-displaced Inter Tropical Convergence Zone.

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Authors
Haug, G. H., Günther, D., Peterson, L. C., Sigman, D. M., Hughen, K. A., & Aeschlimann, B.
Affiliations
  • Department of Earth Sciences,
  • Department of Chemistry, ETH, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149, USA.
  • Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
  • Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
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Science
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2003-03-14
Volume
299
Issue
5613
Pages
1731-1735
ISSN
  • 0036-8075
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1080444
Cited by
783
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Language
en

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