The Mystery of the Lost Maya Civilization
"The Maya civilization—one of the greatest and most advanced in the ancient world. They built towering pyramids, created intricate calendar systems, and mastered astronomy with incredible precision. But one big question still looms over their history: what really happened to them?"
"At the height of their power, the Maya dominated most of Mesoamerica. But by the 9th century, their grand cities started to be abandoned, and their population dramatically declined. What caused this collapse? Let’s dig deeper."
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Reference :
1. Douglas J. Kennett ("Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change" (Science, 2012).
2. Eelco Rohling (Nature Communications (2018)
3. Mark B. Bush ("Climate Change and the Decline of the Maya Civilization" (Quaternary Research, 1996)
4. David Hodell ("Climate Change in the Circum-Caribbean and Its Impacts on the Maya Civilization" (Nature, 1995)
5. Gillian Newell and Timothy Beach (Studies published in Geology and Global Environmental Change journals)
6. Arthur Demarest ("Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization" (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
7. Takeshi Inomata ("Maya Collapse: Violence and Social Upheaval" (Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2004)
8. David Freidel ("A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya" (1992, co-authored with Linda Schele)
9. Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube ("Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens" (2008)
10. Heather McKillop ("Salt: White Gold of the Ancient Maya" (2002)
11. Stephen Houston ("The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience Among the Classic Maya" (2013)
12. David Webster ("The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse" (2002)
13. Heather McKillop ("The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives" (2004)
14. Elliot M. Abrams ("How the Maya Economy Shaped Their Society" (1994)
