Abstract
In 1970, an advanced seminar was held at the School of American research in Santa Fe, New Mexico in order to compare the field data which had been collected on the lowlands collapse and the various theories which were formulated by anthropologists to understand the fall of this civilization. However, the role of conflicts between Maya centers during the Late Classic period was poorly discussed. Today, the significance of Maya warfare in the comprehension of the collapse is widely recognized. However, a long-standing debate has been doing the rounds with two "schools of thoughts". It supports the endemic warfare thesis that says the anthropologists who believe that chronic wars between regional centers triggered the fall of the Classic Maya civilization.
