This is mind-boggling.

I so dearly hope I live to see the day when the USA stops glorifying the 15th and 16th century colonizers (especially Cristoforo Columbo).

"Colonization of the Americas at the end of the 15th century killed so many [indigenous] people, it disturbed Earth’s climate, according to a new study by University College London."

https://globalnews.ca/news/4924534/little-ice-age-death-55-million-indigenous-people-colonization-study/

#IndigenousPeoples
#LittleIceAge
#colonization
#genocide
#ClimateChange

"Oral, archaeological, and written evidence all show that large populations survived in all of these places by adjusting how they lived, by creating smaller scale societies that in many ways worked better for people and their environments."

#KathleenDuVal discusses her book #NativeNationsAMillenniumInNorthAmerica

https://www.youtube.com/live/GIL2bpOj70s?t=1101s

#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #AncientCities #AncientAmericas #Cahokia #Hohokam #MedievalWarmPeriod #LittleIceAge #books @bookstodon

Random fact I learned yesterday:

The violinmaker Antonio Stradivari produced his instruments during the Little Ice Age. The colder climate may have caused the wood that was used in his violins to be denser than in warmer periods and to contribute to the tone of his instruments.

#Violin
#Violins
#Stradivari
#LittleIceAge

A sixth-century little ice age may have contributed to the collapse of the Roman Empire

The fall of the Western Roman Empire has baffled historians for centuries, and explanations have ranged from corruption and political collapse to military defeat and economic collapse...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/little-ice-age-and-collapse-of-the-roman-empire/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #iceage #littleiceage #romanempire

500-year-old Transylvanian diaries reveal how the Little Ice Age shaped life and death

Researchers in Romania have delved into centuries-old documents to grasp how climate fluctuations in the 16th century impacted Transylvania, an area that’s now part of Romania...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/transylvanian-diaries-little-ice-age/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #middleages #littleiceage #transylvania

'Mystery volcano' that erupted and cooled Earth in 1831 has finally been identified

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/538130/mystery-volcano-that-erupted-and-cooled-earth-in-1831-has-finally-been-identified

#RNZ #Volcano #LittleIceAge