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

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 …

Bibliography Page 1 Abbott, Elizabeth. 1999. A History of Celibacy. Cambridge, Mass.: Da
Capo Press. Acuña, René. 1978. Farsas y representaciones escénicas de los mayas antiguos …

The ninth century collapse and abandonment of the Central Maya Lowlands in the Yucatán
peninsular region were the result of complex human–environment interactions. Large-scale …

The chemical study of archaeological materials Archaeological Chemistry, Second Edition is
about the application of the chemical sciences to the study of ancient man and his material …

The zooarchaeology of complex societies provides insights into the interrelated social and
economic relationships that people and animals created. I present a synthesis of …

A growing body of paleoclimate data indicates that periods of severe drought affected the
Maya Lowlands of southeastern Mexico and northern Central America, especially during the …

Interest in the lowland Maya collapse is stronger than ever, and there are now hundreds of
studies that focus on the era from approximately AD 750 to AD 1050. In the past, scholars …

In The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context, contributors reject the popularized link
between societal collapse and drought in Maya civilization, arguing that a series of periodic …

Based on our assessment of human exploitation of animals in the New World, we propose
that one criterion for domestication should be dependence on humans for food, a trait that …