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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

BRAZIL - Archaeologists Find 2,000-Year-Old Lesson on Sea Level Changes Destroying Societies [ScienceAlert, December 2021]

Title:
Archaeologists Find 2,000-Year-Old Lesson on Sea Level Changes Destroying Societies 
 
Author:
Carly Cassella
 
Published:
ScienceAlert, 17 December 2021
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-2-000-year-old-lesson-on-how-sea-level-changes-can-destroy-societies
 
From the article:
Archaeologists have linked rising and lowering sea levels in the Atlantic Ocean to the ebbs and flows of ancient civilizations in southern Brazil.  
 
The findings, which incorporate several lines of past archaeological evidence, suggest even large, resilient, and cooperative coastal communities can easily go out with the tide.