# Binford 1997: Climate Variation and the Rise and Fall of an Andean Civilization

> Michael W. Binford, Alan L. Kolata, Mark Brenner et al., 1997. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The drought reading of the collapse.

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# Climate Variation and the Rise and Fall of an Andean Civilization

Michael W. Binford, Alan L. Kolata, Mark Brenner et al., 1997. _Quaternary Research_.

Lake-level and ice-core evidence for a drought after about AD 1100 that the authors link to the abandonment of the raised fields and the fall of Tiwanaku.

**Puma Punku and Tiwanaku** Articledoi: **[10.1006/qres.1997.1882](https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.1997.1882)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The drought reading of the collapse.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[A long drought from about AD 1100 made the raised-field agriculture fail and the city could not be fed.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/answers/ANS0D69YPXG1XA0/a-long-drought-from-about-ad-1100-made-the-raised-field)

Answer

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[Lake Titicaca levels and Quelccaya ice-core data show aridity after about AD 1100.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/evidence/EVD0D69YQ5A000Q/lake-titicaca-levels-and-quelccaya-ice-core-data-show)

Evidence

EVD

[Puma Punku and Tiwanaku](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku)

The mystery article

MYS

[Why did Tiwanaku fall?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/questions/QST0D69YH9T3EKS/why-did-tiwanaku-fall)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Binford, M. W., Kolata, A. L., Brenner, M., Janusek, J. W., Seddon, M. T., Abbott, M., & Curtis, J. H. (1997). Climate Variation and the Rise and Fall of an Andean Civilization. Quaternary Research. https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.1997.1882
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.1997.1882)

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**SRC** 0D69YA782SZ9

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Journal article

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The publisher's

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