Excited to share the second paper from my PhD work at @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social on the climate history of the Maya Terminal Classic! In this project, we reconstruct the quantitative rainfall decrease the Maya experienced using a novel stalagmite proxy.
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Pronounced drought and wet periods during the Maya Terminal Classic period reconstructed using stalagmite calcium isotopes
The sociopolitical decline of Classic Maya Civilisation and associated depopulation of the Maya Lowlands in the Terminal Classic period (c. 800–1000 C…