Societal collapse: Drought and the Maya

Nature

Volumn 479, Issue 7371, 2011, Pages 44-45

  Aimers, James ^a   Hodell, David ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; DROUGHT STRESS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARCHEOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; DROUGHT; ETHNIC GROUP; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MAYA; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CENTRAL AMERICA; DISASTERS; DROUGHTS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MEXICO; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 80455167946     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/479044a     Document Type: Review

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