caa a22 4500 528786342 20200221032539.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180924e20130411xx s 000 0 eng 10.3929/ethz-b-000065750 doi 10.1038/srep01597 doi (ETHRESEARCH)oai:www.research-collection.ethz.ch:20.500.11850/65750 Correlating the Ancient Maya and Modern European Calendars with High-Precision AMS C-14 Dating [Elektronische Daten] [Douglas J. Kennett, Irka Hajdas, Brendan J. Culleton, Soumaya Belmecheri, Simon Martin, Hector Neff, Jaime Awe, Heather V. Graham, Katherine H. Freeman, Lee Newsom, David L. Lentz, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Mark Robinson, Norbert Marwan, John Southon, David A. Hodell, Gerald H. Haug] Open access ethresearch The reasons for the development and collapse of Maya civilization remain controversial and historical events carved on stone monuments throughout this region provide a remarkable source of data about the rise and fall of these complex polities. Use of these records depends on correlating the Maya and European calendars so that they can be compared with climate and environmental datasets. Correlation constants can vary up to 1000 years and remain controversial. We report a series of high-resolution AMS 14C dates on a wooden lintel collected from the Classic Period city of Tikal bearing Maya calendar dates. The radiocarbon dates were calibrated using a Bayesian statistical model and indicate that the dates were carved on the lintel between AD 658-696. This strongly supports the Goodman-Martínez-Thompson (GMT) correlation and the hypothesis that climate change played an important role in the development and demise of this complex civilization. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 ethresearch Natural products ethresearch Geochemistry ethresearch Climate-change adaptation ethresearch Atmospheric chemistry ethresearch Kennett Douglas J. joint author Hajdas Irka joint author Culleton Brendan J. joint author Belmecheri Soumaya joint author Martin Simon joint author Neff Hector joint author Awe Jaime joint author Graham Heather V. joint author Freeman Katherine H. joint author Newsom Lee joint author Lentz David L. joint author Anselmetti Flavio S. joint author Robinson Mark joint author Marwan Norbert joint author Southon John joint author Hodell David A. joint author Haug Gerald H. joint author Scientific Reports London : Nature Publishing Group 3, p. 1597 2045-2322 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/65750 text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository (Open access) 1 Journal Article ethresearch ETHRESEARCH 856 40 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/65750 text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository (Open access) ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Kennett Douglas J. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Hajdas Irka joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Culleton Brendan J. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Belmecheri Soumaya joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Martin Simon joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Neff Hector joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Awe Jaime joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Graham Heather V. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Freeman Katherine H. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Newsom Lee joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Lentz David L. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Anselmetti Flavio S. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Robinson Mark joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Marwan Norbert joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Southon John joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Hodell David A. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Haug Gerald H. joint author ETHRESEARCH 773 0- Scientific Reports London : Nature Publishing Group 3, p. 1597 2045-2322 SWISSBIB 334509688 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 ETHRESEARCH ETHRESEARCH ETHRESEARCH Journal Article Open access