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• catalog abstract ""This study argues that the collapse of Classic Maya civilization was driven by catastrophic drought. Between A.D. 800 and 1000, unrelenting drought killed millions of Maya people with famine and thirst and initiated a cascade of internal collapses that destroyed their civilization. Linking global, regional, and local climate change, the author explores how atmospheric processes, volcanism, ocean currents, and other natural forces combined to create the dry climate that pried apart the highly complex civilization in the tropical Maya Lowlands in the ninth and tenth centuries. Drawing on knowledge of other prehistoric and historic droughts, The Great Maya Droughts is a useful study of the relationship of humans to their natural and physical environment. The author tries to understand why the Classic Maya failed to adjust their behavior and culture to the climatic conditions and why civilizations in general sometimes collapse in the face of radical environmental change."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11752028.
• catalog created "2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
• catalog description ""This study argues that the collapse of Classic Maya civilization was driven by catastrophic drought. Between A.D. 800 and 1000, unrelenting drought killed millions of Maya people with famine and thirst and initiated a cascade of internal collapses that destroyed their civilization. Linking global, regional, and local climate change, the author explores how atmospheric processes, volcanism, ocean currents, and other natural forces combined to create the dry climate that pried apart the highly complex civilization in the tropical Maya Lowlands in the ninth and tenth centuries. Drawing on knowledge of other prehistoric and historic droughts, The Great Maya Droughts is a useful study of the relationship of humans to their natural and physical environment. The author tries to understand why the Classic Maya failed to adjust their behavior and culture to the climatic conditions and why civilizations in general sometimes collapse in the face of radical environmental change."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "1. Climate and Catastrophe -- 2. Energy and Environment -- 3. Self-Organization -- 4. Famine and the Individual -- 5. Famine and Social Dissolution -- 6. Meteorology -- 7. Thermohaline Circulation -- 8. Volcanoes and Climate -- 9. Geology, Hydrology, and Water -- 10. Palaeoclimatology -- 11. Drought and Famine -- 12. Abandonment and Collapse -- 13. Summary and Discussion.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-444) and index.".
• catalog extent "xx, 464 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Great Maya droughts.".
• catalog identifier "0826321941".
• catalog isFormatOf "Great Maya droughts.".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
• catalog relation "Great Maya droughts.".
• catalog spatial "Central America.".
• catalog spatial "Mexico.".
• catalog subject "972.81/016 21".
• catalog subject "Droughts Central America.".
• catalog subject "Droughts Mexico.".
• catalog subject "F1435 .G49 2000".
• catalog subject "F1435 .G49 2000X".
• catalog subject "Mayas History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Climate and Catastrophe -- 2. Energy and Environment -- 3. Self-Organization -- 4. Famine and the Individual -- 5. Famine and Social Dissolution -- 6. Meteorology -- 7. Thermohaline Circulation -- 8. Volcanoes and Climate -- 9. Geology, Hydrology, and Water -- 10. Palaeoclimatology -- 11. Drought and Famine -- 12. Abandonment and Collapse -- 13. Summary and Discussion.".
• catalog title "The great Maya droughts : water, life, and death / Richardson Benedict Gill.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".