Population, Climate and Mayan Adaptations

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Population, Climate and Mayan Adaptations
2000 CE
POSTCLASSIC
850 CE
POST-CONTACT
drought
CLASSIC
Pop. explosion (1/yr) elites exploit others,
wars
1450 CE
1540 CE
drought
Spanish Conquest
400 CE
120-180/km² ?
1000CE
No raised fields, few terraces
PRECLASSIC
200 CE
Raised fields Terraces
20-30/km²
drought
200 BCE
Exhaustion of lime in low-lands
4-5/km²
4/km²
20/km²
800 BCE
Canals, drain swamps, irrigate. Relig. Chiefdoms.
Village base.
Corn, beans, squash
Plant domestication, turkeys, dogs
1/km²
Note 1/km² means 1 person per square kilometer