The research team included institutions in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Germany, and Belize. The study was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the European Research Council, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the German Science Foundation and the Alphawood Foundation.
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Title of the Study: “Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change”
Authors: Douglas J. Kennett, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, Valorie V. Aquino, Yemane Asmerom, Jaime Awe, James U.L. Baldini, Patrick Bartlein, Brendan J. Culleton, Claire Ebert, Christopher Jazwa, Martha J. Macri, Norbert Marwan, Victor Polyak,Keith M. Prufer, Harriet E. Ridley, Harald Sodemann, Bruce Winterhalder and Gerald H. Haug
Published in Science on November 9, 2012; Vol. 338 no. 6108 pp. 788-791; DOI: 10.1126/science.1226299
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Source: Durham University.
