Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya
The influence of climate on premodern civil conflict and societal instability is debated. Here, the authors combine archeological, historical, and paleoclimatic datasets to show that drought between 1400-1450 cal. CE escalated civil conflict at Mayapan, the largest Postclassic Maya capital of the Yu...
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| author | Douglas J. Kennett Marilyn Masson Carlos Peraza Lope Stanley Serafin Richard J. George Tom C. Spencer Julie A. Hoggarth Brendan J. Culleton Thomas K. Harper Keith M. Prufer Susan Milbrath Bradley W. Russell Eunice Uc González Weston C. McCool Valorie V. Aquino Elizabeth H. Paris Jason H. Curtis Norbert Marwan Mingua Zhang Yemane Asmerom Victor J. Polyak Stacy A. Carolin Daniel H. James Andrew J. Mason Gideon M. Henderson Mark Brenner James U. L. Baldini Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach David A. Hodell |
| author_facet | Douglas J. Kennett Marilyn Masson Carlos Peraza Lope Stanley Serafin Richard J. George Tom C. Spencer Julie A. Hoggarth Brendan J. Culleton Thomas K. Harper Keith M. Prufer Susan Milbrath Bradley W. Russell Eunice Uc González Weston C. McCool Valorie V. Aquino Elizabeth H. Paris Jason H. Curtis Norbert Marwan Mingua Zhang Yemane Asmerom Victor J. Polyak Stacy A. Carolin Daniel H. James Andrew J. Mason Gideon M. Henderson Mark Brenner James U. L. Baldini Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach David A. Hodell |
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| description | The influence of climate on premodern civil conflict and societal instability is debated. Here, the authors combine archeological, historical, and paleoclimatic datasets to show that drought between 1400-1450 cal. CE escalated civil conflict at Mayapan, the largest Postclassic Maya capital of the Yucatán Peninsula. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc03ada0a9064082a2679613da4a94d62022-12-22T00:45:30ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-07-0113111010.1038/s41467-022-31522-xDrought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient MayaDouglas J. Kennett0Marilyn Masson1Carlos Peraza Lope2Stanley Serafin3Richard J. George4Tom C. Spencer5Julie A. Hoggarth6Brendan J. Culleton7Thomas K. Harper8Keith M. Prufer9Susan Milbrath10Bradley W. Russell11Eunice Uc González12Weston C. McCool13Valorie V. Aquino14Elizabeth H. Paris15Jason H. Curtis16Norbert Marwan17Mingua Zhang18Yemane Asmerom19Victor J. Polyak20Stacy A. Carolin21Daniel H. James22Andrew J. Mason23Gideon M. Henderson24Mark Brenner25James U. L. Baldini26Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach27David A. Hodell28Department of Anthropology, University of CaliforniaDepartment of Anthropology, The University of Albany-SUNYInstituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia – Centro INAH YucatánSchool of Medical Sciences and Earth and Sustainability Science Research Centre, University of New South WalesDepartment of Anthropology, University of CaliforniaGodwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, Department of Earth Sciences, University of CambridgeDepartment of Anthropology & Institute of Archaeology, Baylor UniversityInstitutes of Energy and the Environment, The Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Anthropology, University of New MexicoFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of FloridaDepartment of Anthropology, The University of Albany-SUNYInstituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia – Centro INAH YucatánDepartment of Anthropology, University of UtahDepartment of Anthropology, University of New MexicoDepartment of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of CalgaryDepartment of Geological Sciences, Land Use and Environmental Change Institute, University of FloridaPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz AssociationStony Brook UniversityDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New MexicoDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New MexicoGodwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, Department of Earth Sciences, University of CambridgeGodwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, Department of Earth Sciences, University of CambridgeDepartment of Earth Sciences, Oxford UniversityDepartment of Earth Sciences, Oxford UniversityDepartment of Geological Sciences, Land Use and Environmental Change Institute, University of FloridaDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of DurhamDepartment of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria UniversityGodwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, Department of Earth Sciences, University of CambridgeThe influence of climate on premodern civil conflict and societal instability is debated. Here, the authors combine archeological, historical, and paleoclimatic datasets to show that drought between 1400-1450 cal. CE escalated civil conflict at Mayapan, the largest Postclassic Maya capital of the Yucatán Peninsula.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31522-x |
| spellingShingle | Douglas J. Kennett Marilyn Masson Carlos Peraza Lope Stanley Serafin Richard J. George Tom C. Spencer Julie A. Hoggarth Brendan J. Culleton Thomas K. Harper Keith M. Prufer Susan Milbrath Bradley W. Russell Eunice Uc González Weston C. McCool Valorie V. Aquino Elizabeth H. Paris Jason H. Curtis Norbert Marwan Mingua Zhang Yemane Asmerom Victor J. Polyak Stacy A. Carolin Daniel H. James Andrew J. Mason Gideon M. Henderson Mark Brenner James U. L. Baldini Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach David A. Hodell Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya Nature Communications |
| title | Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya |
| title_full | Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya |
| title_fullStr | Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya |
| title_short | Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya |
| title_sort | drought induced civil conflict among the ancient maya |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31522-x |
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