Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya

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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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31522-x

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