Archaeologists Found a Smoking Gun Behind the End of the Maya Kingdom’s Reign

The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...
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A key clue may explain the sudden fall of an early great civilization

Inside the Classic Maya collapse: caves, cities and a fragile rain regime The Classic Maya built a network of cities that flourished for more than 3,000 years, with achievements in astronomy, ...
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Stalagmites in Mexican caves reveal duration and severity of drought during the Maya collapse

Tourists explore the ‘Dome of the Cathedral’, the largest chamber in Grutas Tzabnah (Yucatán, Mexico), and the origin of Tzab06-1. The artificial well ‘La Noria’ now illuminates the cave. A drought ...
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The fall of the ancient Maya : solving the mystery of the Maya collapse / David Webster

1. New dawn -- 2. The Maya mystique -- 3. Civilization and the Maya -- 4. Mesoamerican civilization and the Maya -- 5. The classic Maya, or what collapsed -- 6. Imagining the collapse -- 7. Explaining ...
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Stalagmites in Mexican caves reveal duration and severity of drought during the Maya collapse (IMAGE)

Daniel H. James, Ola Kwiecien, and David Hodell (L-R) install a SYP drip water autosampler in Grutas Tzabnah (Yucatán, Mexico) to analyse seasonal changes in drip chemistry. Stalagmites in Mexican ...