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. 2012 Nov 6;109(45):18237-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1213638109. Epub 2012 Sep 19.

Maya collapse cycles

Marilyn A Masson  1
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Maya collapse cycles

Marilyn A Masson. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Reconstruction drawing of the Temple of Kukulkan, Mayapan, the principal pyramid of the largest capital city of the Postclassic Maya world. Postclassic Maya civilization coalesced in northern Yucatan, Mexico after the collapse of Classic era Maya society. Illustration is by Luis Góngora (courtesy of Carlos Peraza Lope, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Mayapan Project).
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