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Dr Dan H. James

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Palaeoclimate/environment researcher at UCL Archaeology, formerly PhD at University of Cambridge Earth Sciences. Otherwise found thinking about DnD/CS2/BlackMetal/Malazan

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Dr Dan H. James @danofhousejames.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you for sharing our work!

Dr Dan H. James @danofhousejames.bsky.social · Aug 13

Sharing our new paper on the climate during the last years of the Classic Maya civilisation - for the first time we can tell the exact length of the severe droughts the Maya faced.

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Stalagmites in Mexican caves reveal duration and severity of drought during the Maya collapse

A drought lasting 13 years and several others that each lasted over three years may have contributed to the collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, chemical fingerprints from a stalagmite in a Mexi...

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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · Aug 6

Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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