[Aztlan] The Great Maya Droughts

Bertrand Lobjois blobjois at gmail.com
Fri May 16 08:15:29 CDT 2008


*To me it's quite controversial. I think there were many reasons to explain
Mayas' declination... One could mention politics disorders, human activities
that affected their environment, populations' growth, etc.

Bertrand Lobjois
UdeM
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2008/5/15 Mary Gabe <mgabe en rhlaw.com>:

> I have just read a book titled The Great Maya Droughts, by Richardson B.
> Gill (published in 2000).  His theory is that the ninth century collapse
> as well as earlier declines in population in the Maya world were caused
> by droughts.
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> Is his work accepted by archeologists, or is it controversial?
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> Mary Gabe
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