Archaeologists have traditionally thought that the development of Maya civilization was
gradual, assuming that small villages began to emerge during the Middle Preclassic period …

This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon
Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments …

The earliest complex societies and a distinctive set of pan-regional social, political, and
economic institutions appeared in the southern Maya lowlands during the Preclassic period …

The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis posits that a cosmic impact across much of the
Northern Hemisphere deposited the Younger Dryas boundary (YDB) layer, containing peak …

Increasing evidence supports the role of climate change in the disintegration of regional
polities in the Maya lowlands at the end of the Classic Period (750–1000 CE). However, the …

The impact of climate change on conflict is an important but controversial topic. One issue
that needs to be resolved is whether or not climate change exacerbates conflict over the …

Chichén Itzá dominated the political landscape of the northern Yucatán during the Terminal
Classic Period (AD 800–1000). Chronological details of the rise and fall of this important …

Archaeologists and demographers increasingly employ aggregations of published
radiocarbon (14 C) dates as demographic proxies summarizing changes in human activity in …

From the perspective of Central and South America, the peopling of the New World was a
complex process lasting thousands of years and involving multiple waves of Pleistocene …

The original formulation of the “Anthropocene” emphasized the global environmental
change resulting from expanding human populations and fossil fuel burning since the …