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To: Red Badger

Too early. They are saying the eruption happened in 431 A.D. The Maya got over that, and enjoyed their peak years in the seventh century, before their decline set in.


8 posted on 09/30/2020 10:44:03 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Berosus

Then maybe the Olmecs?......................


9 posted on 09/30/2020 10:45:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: Berosus

And they had other climax-and-collapse events, persisting into the Spanish conquest, and today their descendants help loot the ruins and keep in touch on smart phones. :^)

The earlier view was that the Mayan decline took place about 540 AD (something serious happened worldwide in 536 AD) and involved the El Chichon volcano. :^)

More on the current:

https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/09/22/2003008117

https://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/article/ice-core-dating-places-eruption-iiopango-431-ce-devastating-el-salvadors-maya-civilization

Regarding the 540/536 AD:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/volcanic-eruption-may-have-plunged-the-maya-into-a-ldquo-dark-age-rdquo/

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/536ad/index


15 posted on 09/30/2020 11:20:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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