[Aztlan] Maya used inferior wood near collapse

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

The Maya builders at Tikal switched to inferior wood a few decades  
before their collapse indicating the main cause for the collapse was  
resources had run out. Wood was sampled at all 6 major temples and 2  
palaces in Tikal. Strong sapodilla trees were replaced by logwood, an  
inferior wood. Earlier studies indicate deforestation and soil erosion  
was increasing but this new study is the first to show ecological  
overexploitation is a main cause of the collapse.

The New Scientist has the story here;
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227104.400-temple-timbers-trace-collapse-of-mayan-culture.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

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