tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post7989118449255298646..comments2024-03-28T11:48:17.788-07:00Comments on Publishing Archaeology: Collapse? What Collapse?Michael E. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-42895678057999426002010-11-21T00:01:36.590-07:002010-11-21T00:01:36.590-07:00There is an interesting new twist to Gill's &q...There is an interesting new twist to Gill's "mega-drought" hypothesis for the Maya collapse. I have recently covered Gerardo Aldana's critique of the GMT-correlation between the Long Count and the Julian calendar. It appears to off by at least 60 days but could be off by several decades. Since Gill partly relies on the last date inscriptions at several sites for speculating when sites were abandoned a changed correlation by some decades will affect the correlation between documented droughts and abandonment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com