This week's theme is Collapse. Make sure you pay attention to the conflicting views of the different researchers.
For a subtitled version of Jared Diamond's lecture on why societies collapse,
visit this link: Jared Diamond, version with available subtitles
Z Sardar - The Real Lesson of Easter Island
Terry L Hunt - Rethinking Easter Island's ecological catastrophe
Please note that the following two articles have extremely long reference lists, which you naturally do not need to read.
J J Aimers - What Maya Collapse? Terminal Classic Variation in the Maya Lowlands
Guy D Middleton - Nothing Lasts Forever: Environmental Discourses on the Collapse of Past Societies