Recent findings evoke the massive sinkhole off the coast of Belize be intimate ( quite logically ) as the Great Blue Hole may hold the key to solve the mystical closing of the Maya culture .
As the Huffington Postreports , group from Rice University and Louisiana State University found that the sinkhole , a popular scuba - diving site , contain evidence that the Yucatan peninsula may have faced two massive droughts , leading to the inevitable “ famine and unrest . ”
The investigator analyzed sediment sample from the Blue Hole , looking specifically at variations in color , grain sizing , and layer thickness . They also canvass samples from the Belize Central Shelf Lagoon , a body of piss attached to the mainland , noting differences in the samples ’ ratio of atomic number 22 to aluminum , which helps provide an estimate for rainfall levels .
The depth psychology revealed low levels of precipitation and a drop in the frequency of tropical cyclone from 800 to 900 A.D. in the Yucatan peninsula — which suggests the region was hit by a major drought at the sentence , The research also suggested that another major drouth hit the realm between 1000 and 1100 advert , around when the Maya city of Chichen Itza is think to have fallen .
The “ climate variety helped stop the Mayas ” possibility isnothingnew , and deal together , these unexampled finding only help strengthen the theory .
What really destroyed the Maya civilisation ?
What destroyed the Maya ? We have a new clew , in the form of an ancient stalagmite .
Read the full scientific paper at Scientific Reports viaNature.com .
icon by Elswhere on Flickr viaAtlas Obscura .
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