Lowland Maya radiocarbon dates and the classic Maya collapse
Lowland Maya radiocarbon dates and the classic Maya collapse
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低地玛雅放射性碳测年和经典的玛雅崩溃
作者：
R. Sidrys;R. Berger
通过南部低地年代纪念碑的频率分布条形图以及来自精英和平民背景的放射性碳测年数据，对古典晚期玛雅崩溃的三个过程（石碑崇拜的消亡、精英文化的崩溃和平民人口的减少）进行了比较。石碑崇拜的消亡和精英文化的崩溃似乎是同时发生的。常见的放射性碳条形图并不一定表明发生了重大的人口灾难。
Three processes of the Late Classic Maya collapse, the demise of the stela cult, the breakdown of elite culture, and the reduction of the commoner population, are compared by frequency-distribution bar-graphs of dated monuments in the Southern Lowlands and radiocarbon dates from elite and commoner contexts. The demise of the stela cult and the breakdown of elite culture seem to have coincided. The commoner radiocarbon bar-graph does not necessarily indicate the occurrence of a major demographic catastrophe.