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Drought and the Maya [1]

The collapse of the Maya civilization is often attributed to drought, but is the explanation really as simple as that? On the basis
of evidence from their respective fields, an archaeologist and a palaeoclimatologist call for a more nuanced assessment.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2011
Nature [2]
474
7371
44-45
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Drought [4], History [5], Climate Science [6], South America [7]
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