image: This is a map of Belize with Mayan centers and Yok Balum cave noted. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 9, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Doug Kennett at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa., and colleagues was titled, "Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Douglas Kennett, Penn State