Why has the disaster theory of Mayan collapse been rejected by modern historians?(1 point)

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There is no evidence of widespread destruction to support it.
There is no evidence of widespread destruction to support it.

Historians have instead decided that the warfare theory is more plausible.
Historians have instead decided that the warfare theory is more plausible.

There is evidence that the Maya suddenly abandoned their cities.
There is evidence that the Maya suddenly abandoned their cities.

Archaeologists have found evidence that floods did not occur during the classical period.

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The correct response is:

There is no evidence of widespread destruction to support it.

Modern historians and archaeologists have largely found that the disaster theory, which suggests that a single catastrophic event led to the collapse of Mayan civilization, lacks sufficient evidence and is therefore not a supported explanation for the complex decline of the Maya.