|
Drought may have driven the ancient Mayan Empire to collapse, new research suggests.
Minerals taken from Belize’s
famous underwater cave, known as the Blue Hole, as well as lagoons
nearby, show that an extreme, century-long drought occurred between A.D.
800 and A.D. 900, right when the Mayan civilization disintegrated.
After the rains returned, the Mayans moved north — but they disappeared
again a few centuries later, and that disappearance occurred at the same
time as another dry spell, the sediments reveal.
Rise and decline
Deep history
Source Article from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AscensionEarth2012/~3/dE_v5dRnNW4/did-drought-doom-mayan-empire-new.html
Did drought doom the Mayan Empire? New evidence from Belize's 'Blue Hole'
No comments:
Post a Comment