Multiple factors, including climate change, led to collapse and depopulation of ancient Maya
Science Daily, August 22, 2012
A new analysis of complex interactions between humans and the environment preceding the 9th century collapse and abandonment of the Central Maya Lowlands in the Yucatan Peninsula points to a series of events -- some natural, like climate change; some human-made, including large-scale landscape alter...
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