Climate impact on the development of Pre-Classic Maya civilisation

Nooren, Kees; Hoek, Wim Z.; Dermody, Brian J.; Galop, Didier; Metcalfe, Sarah; Islebe, Gerald; Middelkoop, Hans

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1253-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1253-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1253-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Climate impact on the development of Pre-Classic Maya civilisation

Kees Nooren, Wim Z. Hoek, Brian J. Dermody, Didier Galop, Sarah Metcalfe, Gerald Islebe, and Hans Middelkoop

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Two palaeo-precipitation records for the Central Maya Lowlands, spanning the Pre-Classic period (1800 BCE-250 CE) Kees Nooren, Wim Z. Hoek, Brian J. Dermody, Didier Galop, Sarah Metcalfe, Gerald Islebe, and Hans Middelkoop https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.892800

Short summary

We present two new palaeoclimatic records for the central Maya lowlands, adding valuable new insights to the impact of climate change on the development of Maya civilisation. Lake Tuspan's diatom record is indicative of precipitation changes at a local scale, while a beach ridge elevation record from the world's largest late Holocene beach ridge plain provides a regional picture.