Paleoclimatologists have discovered abundant evidence that droughts coincided with
collapse of the Lowland Classic Maya civilization, and some argue that climate change …

INTRODUCTION Lowland Maya civilization flourished from 1000 BCE to 1500 CE in and
around the Yucatan Peninsula. Known for its sophistication in writing, art, architecture …

The conventional wisdom says that the devolution of Classic Maya civilization occurred
because its population grew too large and dense to be supported by primitive neotropical …

Commonly proposed definitions of the" anthropocene" suggest that significant human
alteration of the Earth system is connected to fossil fuel consumption coinciding with the …

We report on a large area of ancient Maya wetland field systems in Belize, Central America,
based on airborne lidar survey coupled with multiple proxies and radiocarbon dates that …

The Classic Maya (c. 250 to 900 CE) in the tropical southern lowlands of Central America
dealt with water scarcity during annual dry seasons and periods of climate instability via …

We focus on pre-Columbian agricultural regimes in the Maya Lowlands, using new datasets
of archaeological wood charcoal, seeds, phytoliths, and starch grains; biological properties …

How will archaeology contribute to agricultural sustainability? To address that question, this
overview reflects on the diverse and complementary ways that archaeology has advanced …

A proposal to designate a new geological epoch of our own making—the Anthropocene—is
being considered by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), part of the …

Increasing evidence supports the role of climate change in the disintegration of regional
polities in the Maya lowlands at the end of the Classic Period (750–1000 CE). However, the …