Drought-induced civil conflict among the ancient maya

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• who: Douglas J. Kennett from the University of INAH Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico have published the paper: Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya, in the Journal: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
• what: Despite the lack of association between climate and population throughout the occupational sequence, the authors do find a significant relationship between drought and population decline when the authors examine the period between 1350 and 1430 cal.

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The authors used accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) to 14C-date purified bone collagen from 205 human skeletons to . . .

 



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