DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.12.017
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84892846141
论文题名: Beyond the Mayan Lowlands: Impacts of the Terminal Classic Drought in the Caribbean Antilles
作者: Lane C.S. ; Horn S.P. ; Kerr M.T.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2014
卷: 86 起始页码: 89
结束页码: 98
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Alkane
; Deuterium
; Dominican Republic
; Hispaniola
; Hydrogen isotope
; Maize
; Mayan collapse
; Ostionoid
Scopus关键词: Dominican Republic
; Hispaniola
; Hydrogen isotope
; Maize
; Mayan collapse
; Ostionoid
; Deuterium
; Isotopes
; Paraffins
; Drought
; alkane
; deuterium
; drought stress
; historical geography
; hydrogen isotope
; maize
; paleoclimate
; proxy climate record
; Caribbean Islands
; Dominican Republic
英文摘要: High-resolution paleoclimate records from the Mayan Lowlands and the Cariaco Basin have shown that the collapse of the Mayan socio-political structure at the end of the Classic period ~1000C.E. was linked to a series of severe, multi-decadal drought events, collectively termed the 'Terminal Classic Drought' (TCD), between ~750 and 1100C.E. Here we present proxy evidence indicating that increased aridity leading up to and during the TCD also strongly affected the Caribbean Antilles. Additionally, the timing of the TCD corresponds with cultural and demographic shifts in the Greater Antilles, including the appearance of Ostionoid cultural traditions, the colonization of new islands, and the intensification of agriculture. We propose that these multi-decadal droughts affected not only the very large and complex socio-political structures governing large populations like that of the Late Classic Maya, but also smaller and less politically complex societies across the Caribbean. However, instead of resulting in societal collapses as suspected in the Mayan Lowlands, these climatic events may have spurred a cultural transition across the Caribbean Antilles that ultimately led to the development of Taíno cultural traditions encountered by Christopher Columbus upon his arrival in 1492C.E. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/60379
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作者单位: Department of Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, United States; Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States
Recommended Citation:
Lane C.S.,Horn S.P.,Kerr M.T.. Beyond the Mayan Lowlands: Impacts of the Terminal Classic Drought in the Caribbean Antilles[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2014-01-01,86