Dr Dan H. James
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Palaeoclimate/environment researcher at UCL Archaeology, formerly PhD at University of Cambridge Earth Sciences. Otherwise found thinking about DnD/CS2/BlackMetal/Malazan
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Very pleased about this paper that came out today 🐟🦈https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440325002353
ZooMS as a tool for understanding prehistoric pelagic fishing: Insights from archaeological shark and scombrid remains on Fais Island, Micronesia, over the last two millennia
The capture of fast-moving marine predators, such as sharks and scombrids, played a crucial role in human subsistence and cultural evolution, with adv…
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October 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Very pleased about this paper that came out today 🐟🦈https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440325002353
Sharing our new paper on the climate during the last years of the Classic Maya civilisation - for the first time we can tell the exact length of the severe droughts the Maya faced.
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science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Stalagmites in Mexican caves reveal duration and severity of drought during the Maya collapse
A drought lasting 13 years and several others that each lasted over three years may have contributed to the collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, chemical fingerprints from a stalagmite in a Mexi...
cam.ac.uk
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sharing our new paper on the climate during the last years of the Classic Maya civilisation - for the first time we can tell the exact length of the severe droughts the Maya faced.
cam.ac.uk/stories/mexi...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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cam.ac.uk/stories/mexi...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Reposted by Dr Dan H. James
Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...