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In his career of fascinating research, Larry Peterson has specialized in the geophysics and geology. Not bound by his specific major, Peterson was puzzled by the disappearance of the Mayan peoples. By using his studies to examine the layers of Earth’s crust Peterson hoped to find clues, and possibly the hidden answer, the strange demise of the Mayan Civilization. The Mayans lived thousands of years ago and mysteriously vanished between the years 800 and 1000 A.D. (Peterson 2005) Theories of the Mayan dissolution, commonly known as “The Terminal Classic Collapse”, fluctuate from possible foreign intrusion to internal warfare to widespread disease; each theory strongly backed by scientific research. Though all these theories are plausible, so …show more content…

In order to discover these findings samples of limestone bedrock were extracted from nearby cites. Each sample, after evaluated, indicated a seasonal drought occurred during the winter months, January to the end of May. This marked a series of months where there was little to no rain. In succession to extended time periods of drought, samples recorded that the driest of all the years settled between 800 and 1000 A.D., which also was the interval in which the Mayan people seamlessly disappeared. (Peterson …show more content…

Who would have thought that something as simple as water shortage would lead to the death of millions of peoples? Thinking about the future of our lives here on Earth knowing that something as simple as a drought could wipe out an entire population is bone chilling. What would be the outcome today if something so elementary swept across the world? Great droughts or world heating/freezing isn’t out of the question. There is proof through archeological studies that these occurrences have happened in the past and they could happen again. Will we be prepared for these encounters? Or will we be left dumb-founded and hopeless such as the Mayan peoples must have been thousands of years

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